Surface of the moon during an eclipse
Date
22 October 1668
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p100
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 365mm
width (page): 229mm
width (page): 229mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A figure of a lunar eclipse observed by the Earl of Sandwich on Friday 15/25 March 1668 at Madrid, whose Latitude was given as 40. 20'. His observation was reported to the meeting of the Royal Society on 22 October 1668, which ordered the observation to be registered.
This image is copied from RBO/4/018.
This image is copied from RBO/4/018.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 22 October 1668, ‘The earl of Sandwich’s observations made by himself during his embassy in Spain and Portugal, of the last comet seen by himself at Lisbon the first time on Feb. 25, 1667/8, O.S. and of the eclipse of the moon of May 15/25, 1668, were produced, and ordered to be registered’ (Birch 2:314).
Related fellows
Edward Montagu, Naval officer
Associated place