Solar eclipse predicted for 1 May 1687
Date
21 December 1686
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p75
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height (page): 315mm
width (page): 200mm
width (page): 200mm
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Description
Figures of the solar eclipse to be observed at Smyrna, predicted to occur on 1 May 1687.
Edmund Halley gave instructions to William Haley, a sea captain of the Levant Company, about how to observe a solar eclipse starting around 3pm on 1 May in Smyrna.
The figure is copied in LBC/11i/109.
Edmund Halley gave instructions to William Haley, a sea captain of the Levant Company, about how to observe a solar eclipse starting around 3pm on 1 May in Smyrna.
The figure is copied in LBC/11i/109.
Related fellows
Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
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