An instrument for finding the meridian
Date
1704
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p160
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 290mm
width (paper): 185mm
width (paper): 185mm
Subject
Content object
Description
An instrument for finding the meridian designed by William Derham. With inscriptions in ink indicating the constellations, 'Ursa Major; Ursa Minor, Cassiopeia; The Meridian, Pole Star'.
The reverse shows signs of tracing. This was printed in William Derham, 'An Instrument, for Seeing the Sun, Moon, or Stars, Pass the Meridian of Any Place. Useful for Setting Watches in All Parts of the World with the Greatest Exactness, to Correct Sun-Dyals; To Assist in the Discovery of the Longitudes of Places,' Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 24, no. 291 (1704), pp. 1578-85.
The reverse shows signs of tracing. This was printed in William Derham, 'An Instrument, for Seeing the Sun, Moon, or Stars, Pass the Meridian of Any Place. Useful for Setting Watches in All Parts of the World with the Greatest Exactness, to Correct Sun-Dyals; To Assist in the Discovery of the Longitudes of Places,' Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 24, no. 291 (1704), pp. 1578-85.
Transcription
In ink: Ursa Major; Ursa Minor, Cassiopeia; The Meridian, Pole Star; verso has signs of tracing
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
William Derham (1657 - 1735, British) , Naturalist
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