Table of observations of solar eclipse
Date
3 September 1689
Creator
Unknown, Artist
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Manuscript page number
p1
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Dimensions
height (page): 330mm
width (page): 208mm
width (page): 208mm
Subject
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Description
Table of the solar eclipse of 3 September 1689 observed by Georg Christoph Eimmart (1638-1705), an astronomer and engraver based in Nuremberg. This, together with some other observations of his, was read at the Royal Society's meeting on 2 April 1690.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 2 April 1690, 'There were presented the Observations of the Eclipses of the Moon on March 25th and September 19 1689, made at Nurenberg by Mr Wurtzelbaur and Mr Eimmart, largely and curiously described; together with those of the eclipse of the sun on September 3 last past; by the same Observers' (JBO/8/298).
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