The appearance of Saturn emerging from behind the dark limb of the Moon, observed on 16 June 1762 at Chelsea
Date
1762
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p135
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 303mm
width (paper): 185mm
width (paper): 185mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Diagram of Saturn observed in Chelsea by Samuel Dunn, and published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 52 (1762), tab. 17.
Transcription
Lettering in the ink at the top: The appearance of Saturn, as emerging from the dark Limb of the Moon, 16 June 1762, at Chelsea
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
Samuel Dunn, 'Certain reasons for a lunar atmosphere', Phil. Trans., vol. 52 (1762), pp. 578-80, tab. 17.
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