Saturn
Date
14 April 1666
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p6
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 206mm
width (page): 145mm
width (page): 145mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A small figure (8 x 15 mm) of Saturn with two black spots, observed by William Balle and communicated to Henry Oldenburg in a letter dated 14 April 1666.
Transcription
I saw [Saturn] this morning att 4 a clock with 12 foot glasse, and judge him the same figure as in -64 that is just ovall with to black spotts and I thinke a faint shadow of the belt which I have alwaies seene but will not bee peremtory in itt.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
William Balle (1627 - 1690, British) , Astronomer
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Associated place