Sunspots
Date
1 September 1671
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p183
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 365mm
width (page): 233mm
width (page): 233mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Drawing of a sunspot (with one large spot and two smaller ones) observed on 1 September 1671 by Robert Hooke. It was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 6, no. 77.
This figure was copied from RBO/4/107.
This figure was copied from RBO/4/107.
Object history
Printed in R. Hooke, 'Some spots in the sun, return'd after they had passed over the upper hemisphere of the sun which is bid from us, according as was predicted', Phil. Trans. vol. 6, no. 77 (November 1671), pp. 2295-3001 (p. 2295, woodcut).
Related fellows
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
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