Comet observed in Rome, December 1664
Date
December 1664
Creator
John Ray (1627 - 1705, English) , Naturalist
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p132
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 112mm
width (paper): 158mm
width (paper): 158mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A comet observed on 19/29 December 1664 at Rome by John Ray. Printed in Samuel Dale, 'Observations Made at Rome, by the Late Reverend Mr. John Ray, of the Comet Which Appeared Anno 1664', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 25, no. 309 (1707), pp. 2350-52.
Two dates are given because Britain had not yet implemented the Gregorian calendar reform and was thus behind the Continent by 10 days.
Two dates are given because Britain had not yet implemented the Gregorian calendar reform and was thus behind the Continent by 10 days.
Transcription
at the top: December 19/29 1664, verso is covered in red chalk.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
Samuel Dale, 'Observations Made at Rome, by the Late Reverend Mr. John Ray, of the Comet Which Appeared Anno 1664', Phil. Trans., vol. 25, no. 309 (1707), pp. 2350-52.
Related fellows
John Ray (1627 - 1705, English) , Naturalist
Associated place