Astronomical charts
Date
1673
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Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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height (page): 150mm
width (page): 213mm
width (page): 213mm
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Description
2 figures from issue 92 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figure I. A diagram showing Christian Huygens’ and Jean Dominique Cassini’s observations of a possible new planet about Saturn.
Figure II. A diagram depicting Saturn in relation to 10 newly discovered fixed stars.
Illustrations to ‘A discovery of two new planets about Saturn made in the Royal Parisian Observatory by Signor Cassini, Fellow of both the Royal Societys, of England and France’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 8, issue 9 (25 March 1673).
Christian Huygens (1629-1695), Dutch natural philosopher, was a Founding Fellow of the Royal Society, and; Jean Dominique Cassini (1625-1712), Italian astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672.
Figure I. A diagram showing Christian Huygens’ and Jean Dominique Cassini’s observations of a possible new planet about Saturn.
Figure II. A diagram depicting Saturn in relation to 10 newly discovered fixed stars.
Illustrations to ‘A discovery of two new planets about Saturn made in the Royal Parisian Observatory by Signor Cassini, Fellow of both the Royal Societys, of England and France’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 8, issue 9 (25 March 1673).
Christian Huygens (1629-1695), Dutch natural philosopher, was a Founding Fellow of the Royal Society, and; Jean Dominique Cassini (1625-1712), Italian astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1672.
Related fellows
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural Philosopher
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