Watch mechanism and lunar eclipse
Date
1675
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
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Description
2 figures from issue 113 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figure 1. View of the mechanics of a pocket watch designed by Godfrey Leibniz, showing the upper plate, barrels and wheels. Illustrates ‘An extract of a letter of the learned Dr. Gotofredus Guil. Leibnitz, concerning the principle of exactness in the portable watches of his invention’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 10, issue 113 (26 March 1675).
Figure 2. Diagram illustrating the eclipse of the moon as observed by Johnnes Hevelius in January 1675. Illustrates ‘Observatio Eclipseos Lunae totalis cum occultationibus quarundam Fixarum, habita a Joh […]’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 10, issue 113 (26 March 1675).
Figure 1. View of the mechanics of a pocket watch designed by Godfrey Leibniz, showing the upper plate, barrels and wheels. Illustrates ‘An extract of a letter of the learned Dr. Gotofredus Guil. Leibnitz, concerning the principle of exactness in the portable watches of his invention’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 10, issue 113 (26 March 1675).
Figure 2. Diagram illustrating the eclipse of the moon as observed by Johnnes Hevelius in January 1675. Illustrates ‘Observatio Eclipseos Lunae totalis cum occultationibus quarundam Fixarum, habita a Joh […]’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 10, issue 113 (26 March 1675).
Related fellows
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646 - 1716, German) , Natural Philosopher
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
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