Figures of latitude and ellipses
Date
17th century
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p105v
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 191mm
width (page): 212mm
width (page): 212mm
Subject
Description
Four figures, one (upper left) describing the lines of the equator and tropics, the horizon and the position of the sun. The other three, two of which are elliptical shapes, are apparently incomplete.
Drawing from the papers of Robert Boyle.
Drawing from the papers of Robert Boyle.
Transcription
Inscription commences: ‘In hac sphaera parallela, c signa nunc subeunt Horizontem A B, quare sol existense…’
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place