Atmospheric phenomena
Date
1823
Creator
Frederick Christian Lewis (1779 - 1856, British) , Engraver
After
Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (1789 - 1860, British) , Science writer
Object type
Library reference
21989
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 122 mm
width (print): 209mm
width (print): 209mm
Subject
Description
Six figures showing various events in the upper atmosphere. Figure 1. A halo around the Moon. Figure 2. A double halo around the Sun. Figure 3. ‘A Discoid or Coronoid Halo’. Figure 4. ‘A Corona or Burr.’ Figure 5. A parhelion. Figure 6. ‘A Caudate Meteor or Falling Star’.
c (London, Harding, Mavor and Lepard, 1823).
The plate is numbered above ‘Plate VI. Frontispiece.’ Inscribed below ‘Engrav’d by F.C. Lewis. Sketched by the Author.’ The print is imperfect, with some blurring.
Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (1789-1860) British writer on science and phrenologist. Forster was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society; his early writings were on meteorology.
c (London, Harding, Mavor and Lepard, 1823).
The plate is numbered above ‘Plate VI. Frontispiece.’ Inscribed below ‘Engrav’d by F.C. Lewis. Sketched by the Author.’ The print is imperfect, with some blurring.
Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (1789-1860) British writer on science and phrenologist. Forster was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society; his early writings were on meteorology.