Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15357

    Mock suns

    Date
    17/27 March 1667
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p6
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 156mm
    width (page): 201mm
    Subject
    Description
    Observations of four rainbows and the sun with two mock suns observed in Poland and Russia. Communicated by Joseph Williamson. The accompanying text is in Henry Oldenburg's hand.
    Related fellows
    Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
    Joseph Williamson (1633 - 1701, British) , Barrister
    Associated place
    <The World>
       > Asia
          > Russian Federation
    <The World>
       > Europe
          > Poland
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