Sunspots
Date
5 February 1705
Creator
Stephen Gray (1666 - 1736, British) , Astronomer
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p61
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 320mm
width (page): 201mm
width (page): 201mm
Subject
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Description
Figure III of the sunspots observed by Stephen Gray in January 1704. His letter to Hans Sloane on this observation was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 14 February 1705.
Copied from EL/G1/57/017.
Copied from EL/G1/57/017.
Transcription
Spots in the Sun in January 1704/5
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
14 February 1705, 'A Letter was Read from Mr Gray to Dr Sloane concerning some spots which he had observed in the Sun. Mr Hunt was order'd to send him Scheiner & Galileo on these subjects, he promising to return them in reasonable time' (JBO/11/64).
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