Camera obscura
Date
1647
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
44020
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 355mm
width (page): 230mm
height (plate): 205mm
width (plate): 180mm
width (page): 230mm
height (plate): 205mm
width (plate): 180mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Interior view of a camera obscura, where a method of studying sunspots is depicted, using a scioptic ball attached to the wall [left as viewed] to project the suns image on to a screen [right]. Behind, various sextants are mounted to the wall.
Figure L from Johannes Hevelius’s Selenographia (Gdansk, 1647).
Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), Polish astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1664. He devoted much of his life to constructing astronomical instruments, and developed a well-equipped observatory in Danzig, Poland.
Figure L from Johannes Hevelius’s Selenographia (Gdansk, 1647).
Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), Polish astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1664. He devoted much of his life to constructing astronomical instruments, and developed a well-equipped observatory in Danzig, Poland.
Related fellows
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
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