BecauseofthenumberandvarietyofinstrumentsmadeanddescribedbyTycho,previouscommentatorshaveassumedthathemadeinstrumentsforthesheersakeofkeepinghisinstrument-makersbusy.
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Because of the number and variety of instruments made and described by Tycho, previous commentators have assumed that he made instruments for the sheer sake of keeping his instrument-makers busy.