Eclipse
Date
1674
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
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Description
Figure depicting the eclipsing of the setting sun by the moon, as seen by Johannes Hevelius from Malbork, Poland, then Marienburg.
Illustration to ‘A certain phaenomenon, seen by Monsieur Hevelius Feb. 5. 1674. St. no. not far from Marienburgh in Borussia, about the sun, a little before his setting and the moons conjunction. And the suns eclipse’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 9, issue 102 (31 December 1674). Original illustration was first shown at a meeting of the Society on 23 April 1674, is recorded in Letter Book Original of the Royal Society LBO/7/28, and copied into Letter Book Copy LBC/7.
Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) Polish astronomer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1664.
Illustration to ‘A certain phaenomenon, seen by Monsieur Hevelius Feb. 5. 1674. St. no. not far from Marienburgh in Borussia, about the sun, a little before his setting and the moons conjunction. And the suns eclipse’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 9, issue 102 (31 December 1674). Original illustration was first shown at a meeting of the Society on 23 April 1674, is recorded in Letter Book Original of the Royal Society LBO/7/28, and copied into Letter Book Copy LBC/7.
Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) Polish astronomer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1664.
Related fellows
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
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