Astronomical diagram
Date
8 September 1671
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p1
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 195mm
width (page): 154mm
width (page): 154mm
Subject
Content object
Description
This is a diagram indicating a lunar eclipse, observed at Ecton, Northamptonshire on 8 September 1671. This was most likely observed by John Palmer (1612-1679), cousin of one of the founding fellows of the Royal Society, John Wilkins. Palmer, who was Cambridge-educated and pupil of astronomer Samuel Foster (c.1600-1652), was Archdeacon of Northampton and regularly made astronomical observations at Ecton.
Transcription
A. 1671 d. 8. Sept. arca horam 6tam vespert. Luna ascendebat totaliter obscurata sub Elevat. Poli 52. 15. Ectoniae in Anglia
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
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