Solar eclipse
Date
25 July 1676
Creator
Jean Dominique Cassini (1625 - 1712, Italian) , Astronomer, Astronomer
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p2
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Dimensions
height (page): 230mm
width (page): 169mm
width (page): 169mm
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Description
Diagram for Cassini's calculations for the beginning and end of the eclipse of the sun, which occurred on 1 June 1676, because clouds obscured direct observations of it. From his letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 25 July 1676.
This was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 11, no. 127 (1676), pp. 664-67, fig. 6.
There is a copy at LBO/28/339.
This was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 11, no. 127 (1676), pp. 664-67, fig. 6.
There is a copy at LBO/28/339.
Object history
Printed as fig. 6 in J. D. Cassini, 'Observation of the solar eclipse', Phil. Trans. vol. 11, no. 127 (July 1676), 664-67.
Related fellows
Jean Dominique Cassini (1625 - 1712, Italian) , Astronomer, Astronomer
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
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