Solar eclipse
Date
25 July 1676
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p339
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Dimensions
height (page): 320mm
width (page): 198mm
width (page): 198mm
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Description
This is a copy of a diagram for Jean Dominique Cassini's calculations for the beginning and end of the eclipse of the Sun (that occurred on 1 June 1676) because clouds obscured direct observations of it. From his letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 25 July 1676.
It was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 11, no. 127 (1676), fig. 6.
Copied from EL/C1/70/002.
It was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 11, no. 127 (1676), fig. 6.
Copied from EL/C1/70/002.
Object history
Printed as fig. 6: solar eclipse, in J. D. Cassini, 'Observation of the solar eclipse', Phil. Trans. vol. 11, no. 127 (July 1676), pp. 664-67.
Related fellows
Jean Dominique Cassini (1625 - 1712, Italian) , Astronomer, Astronomer
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
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