Sunspots and Saturn
Date
1671
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
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Description
9 figures from issue 78 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figures I-VIII provide detail views of various sunspots as observed on the sun’s surface, and; figure IX shows the planet Saturn.
Illustrations to ‘The observations of the spots of the sun, made at the Royal Academy of Paris, continued’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 6, issue 78 (18 December 1671).
Figures I-VIII provide detail views of various sunspots as observed on the sun’s surface, and; figure IX shows the planet Saturn.
Illustrations to ‘The observations of the spots of the sun, made at the Royal Academy of Paris, continued’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 6, issue 78 (18 December 1671).
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