Astronomical observations
Date
16/26 March 1667
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Manuscript page number
p407
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 310mm
width (page): 195mm
width (page): 195mm
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Content object
Description
Drawings of stars and the phases of Venus as observed by the Earl of Sandwich on 6 and 19 January 1667 in Madrid. The set of observations from Madrid in early 1667 was sent to the Royal Society in a letter dated 16/26 March 1667, and read at the meeting on 25 April 1667.
Edward Montagu, an original Fellow of the Royal Society and a relative of Samuel Pepys, was made the Earl of Sandwich in 1660. He was much favoured by the King, and served as his ambassador to Portugal in 1661-62, and then to Spain in 1666-68. Montagu made astronomical observations during both these missions, which he sent to the Royal Society.
Copied from EL/S1/42a/001. Copied in LBC/1/481.
Edward Montagu, an original Fellow of the Royal Society and a relative of Samuel Pepys, was made the Earl of Sandwich in 1660. He was much favoured by the King, and served as his ambassador to Portugal in 1661-62, and then to Spain in 1666-68. Montagu made astronomical observations during both these missions, which he sent to the Royal Society.
Copied from EL/S1/42a/001. Copied in LBC/1/481.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 25 April 1667, ‘Mr. Oldenburg produced several letters and papers come to his hands from abroad. One from the earl of Sandwich to the president dated March 16/26, 1667, at Madrid’ (Birch 2:169).
Related fellows
Edward Montagu, Naval officer
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker of Lyons (1620 - 1684, British) , Mathematician
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker of Lyons (1620 - 1684, British) , Mathematician
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