Sextant with telescopic sights
Date
10 February 1685
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Manuscript page number
p16
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 322mm
width (page): 203mm
width (page): 203mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Diagram of a sextant with telescopic sights, used by Francesco Bianchini to observe a lunar eclipse, in a letter to John Flamsteed from Rome.
Diagram is copied at LBC/10/021.
Diagram is copied at LBC/10/021.
Related fellows
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
Francesco Bianchini (1662 - 1729, Italian) , Philosopher
Francesco Bianchini (1662 - 1729, Italian) , Philosopher
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