Table of solar eclipse
Date
8 June 1676
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
161a
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 315mm
width (page): 200mm
width (page): 200mm
Subject
Description
Table of solar eclipse observed on 1 June 1676 by Mr Colson at Wapping. This was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 8 June 1676.
Table height: 91 mm
Table width: 102 mm
Observation of the eclipse of the sun, between 7 and 10 o'clock.
The table gives different times within these three hours, and the different phases of the solar eclipse as well as the temperature.
There is a copy of this table at JBC/4/232.
Table height: 91 mm
Table width: 102 mm
Observation of the eclipse of the sun, between 7 and 10 o'clock.
The table gives different times within these three hours, and the different phases of the solar eclipse as well as the temperature.
There is a copy of this table at JBC/4/232.
Transcription
Eclipse Solis, Londini Observata 1676 June 1.
inter horas. 7 et 10. Antimer. Wappingae
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
inter horas. 7 et 10. Antimer. Wappingae
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 8 June 1676, ‘There was also read Mr. Colson’s observation of the late solar eclipse of June 1, made at Wapping’ (Birch 3:318).
Printed in Phil. Trans. vol. 11, no. 126 (June 1676), p. 637, alongside Francis Smethwick's observation of the same.
Printed in Phil. Trans. vol. 11, no. 126 (June 1676), p. 637, alongside Francis Smethwick's observation of the same.
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