flight. He had to leave his wife and children behind and rove abroad as an exile, far from his beloved Planetarium. There, af- ter several months, news of his dear wife's death reached him.

He had of course no chance of comforting her in her last moments.

 For a long time he lived in Steinfurt and Gronau, weighed down by his deep sorrow. About 1790 he settled in Visvliet, a village in Groningen near the Frisian border. A year later he was arrested by order of the Frisian Court and transported to the 'Blokhuis' or prison in Lceuwarden.

 In 1792 he was found guilty of having participated in rebellion in Franeker in 1787 and condemned to five years exile from the province of Friesland. He again went to Visvliet where he married his second wife, Tryntje Eelkes Sikkema. The revolution of 1795 brought his exile to an end.

He returned to Franeker, but found his house rented to strangers and could not move in until 1796. Resuming his trade, he also set to work to restart the Planetarium which had been completely neglected in his absence.

In 1797 he was elected Quardian of Franeker Academy. From that time he occupied several posts in local and provincial administration and government.

On March 31st 1809, he was again plunged into deep mourning by the death of his eldest son Jelte, who, like his father, had had a great interest and aptitude for mathematics and mechanics.

In 1816 the Order of the Nederlandsche Leeuw (Lion of the Netherlands) was bestowed upon him. King Willem 1 accompanied by Prince Frederik of the,Netherlands visited the Planetarium on the 30th of June 1818, and had everything explained to them in detail. 

The Crown Prince, later King Willem 11 also visited the Planetarium on the 20th. of July 1820 and showed great interest. In 1825 (December 28th.) King Willem 1, on the recommendation of Jonkheer Idsert Aebinga van Humalda, Governor of Friesland, decided to buy the Planetarium for the State for then thousand guilders, with the stipulation that Eisinga, until his death and thereafter his son Jacobus should live in it free of rent with a stipend of two hundred guilders a year for its up- keep. On the 25th. of February 1859 the State presented the Planetarium to the Community of Franeker.

In the early hours of the 27th. of August 1828 Eise Eisinga died at the age of 84 years and 6 months. According to his will he was buried in the churchyard of Dronrijp.