Astronomical observations
Date
22 June 1666
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p1
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 304mm
width (page): 192mm
width (page): 192mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A drawing of a solar eclipse observed by the Earl of Sandwich on 22 June 1666 in Madrid. His observation was reported to the meeting of the Royal Society on 8 August 1666.
Edward Montagu, an original Fellow of the Royal Society and a relative of Samuel Pepys, was made the Earl of Sandwich in 1660. He was much favoured by the King, and served as his ambassador to Portugal in 1661-62, and then to Spain in 1666-68. Montagu made astronomical observations during both these missions, which he sent to the Royal Society.
Edward Montagu, an original Fellow of the Royal Society and a relative of Samuel Pepys, was made the Earl of Sandwich in 1660. He was much favoured by the King, and served as his ambassador to Portugal in 1661-62, and then to Spain in 1666-68. Montagu made astronomical observations during both these missions, which he sent to the Royal Society.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 8 August 1666, ‘The president produced another letter of the Earl of Sandwich, dated at Madrid in July, containing his lordship’s observations of the late solar eclipse of June 22, together with some others of the moon’s bearing. They were read, and referred to Mr. Hooke’ (Birch 2:107).
Related fellows
1st Earl of Sandwich and Viscount Hinchinbroke Edward Montagu (1625 - 1672, British) , Naval officer
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