Astronomical observations
Date
16/26 March 1667
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Manuscript page number
p408
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 310mm
width (page): 195mm
width (page): 195mm
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Content object
Description
Drawings of the Earl of Sandwich's celestial observations while in Madrid, namely of a star which was eclipsed by the Moon on 25 January 1667, and of a star found between the Moon and the Sun on 16 February 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.
The original images can be found at EL/S1/42a/002-03. There are copies at LBC/1/482-83.
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.
The original images can be found at EL/S1/42a/002-03. There are copies at LBC/1/482-83.
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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