Sunspots
Date
5 February 1705
Creator
Stephen Gray (1666 - 1736, British) , Astronomer
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p62
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 320mm
width (page): 205mm
width (page): 205mm
Subject
Content object
Description
The image, labelled as Fig. IIII, is oriented upside down on the page (also inverted in the original at EL/G/57/019).
Stephen Gray sent in his observations of the sunspots to Hans Sloane, which were read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 14 February 1705. This figure shows the basic chart of the sun used to record the sunspots.
Stephen Gray sent in his observations of the sunspots to Hans Sloane, which were read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 14 February 1705. This figure shows the basic chart of the sun used to record the sunspots.
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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