Chart for recording Sunspots
Date
5 February 1705
Creator
Unknown, Artist
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p19
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Dimensions
height (page): 325mm
width (page): 210mm
width (page): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Stephen Gray sent in his observations of sunspots to Hans Sloane, which were read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 14 February 1705. This figure, labelled Fig. IIII (upside down) shows the basic chart of the Sun used to record the sunspots.
Copy at LBO/30/062.
Copy at LBO/30/062.
Object history
14 February 1705, 'A Letter was Read from Mr Gray to Dr Sloane concerning some spots which he had observed in the Sun. Mr Hunt was order'd to send him Scheiner & Galileo on these subjects, he promising to return them in reasonable time' (JBO/11/64).
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