Celestial apparition at Upminster, Essex
Date
3 April 1707
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p144
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 144mm
width (paper): 186mm
width (paper): 186mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Drawing of a pyramidal celestial appearance, perpendicular to the horizon, observed by William Derham on 3 April 1707 at Upminster, Essex, about a quarter of an hour after sunset.
Object history
W. Derham, ‘An account of a pyramidal appearance in the heavens, observed near Upminster in Essex’, Phil. Trans., vol. 25, no. 310 (April, May and June 1707), pp. 2411-12, fig. 1. 'A pyramidal appearance, perpendicular to the horizon, was observed on 3 April 1707 at Upminster, Essex, about quarter of an hour after sunset' (p. 2411).
Related fellows
William Derham (1657 - 1735, British) , Naturalist
Associated place