Solar eclipse observed on 1 April 1764
Date
1764
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p133
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 191mm
width (paper): 320mm
width (paper): 320mm
Description
Diagram of a solar eclipse observed on 1 April 1764 at Brompton Park, with a scale of digits of eclipses pasted on at the bottom.
Transcription
At the top: A delineation of the eclipse of the sun, April 1, 1764, as observed by Brompton Park, by Samuel Dunn. Equidistant perforation along the horizontal centre to aid the drawing of the diagram.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
S. Dunn, 'Solar eclipse observed by Brompton Park', Phil. Trans., vol. 54 (1764), pp. 114-17.
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