Solar eclipse predicted for 1 May 1687
Date
21 December 1686
Creator
Unknown, Artist
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Manuscript page number
vol11i p109
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 303mm
width (page): 178mm
width (page): 178mm
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 figures are copied from LBO/11i/075.
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 figures are copied from LBO/11i/075.
Related fellows
Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
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