Inscribed stonework and parhelia
Date
1702
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Unknown, Engraver
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The Royal Society, Publisher
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Three tables from issue 278 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, depicting:
Table 1. Various specimens of inscribed stonework, found near Housesteads Roman Fort, Hadrian’s Wall, England, and;
Table 2. Various specimens of inscribed stonework, found near Carrowburgh, Hadrian’s Wall, England. Illustrations to ‘VI. Part of some letters from Mr Christopher Hunter to Dr Martin Lister, F. R. S. concerning several Roman inscriptions, and other antiquities in Yorkshire’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 23, issue 278 (April 1702).
Table 3. Astronomical study of a halo with parhelia, or mock suns, as observed by Edmond Halley in London, April 1702, together with geometric diagrams detailing its occurrence in detail. Illustrations to ‘V. An account of the appearance of several unusual parhelia, or mock-suns, together with several circular arches lately seen in the air by E. Halley’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 23, issue 278 (April 1702). Original proof of this image can be found in MS/47, p.25.
Christopher Hunter was not a Fellow of the Royal Society, and; Edmond Halley (1656-1742), British astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1678.
Table 1. Various specimens of inscribed stonework, found near Housesteads Roman Fort, Hadrian’s Wall, England, and;
Table 2. Various specimens of inscribed stonework, found near Carrowburgh, Hadrian’s Wall, England. Illustrations to ‘VI. Part of some letters from Mr Christopher Hunter to Dr Martin Lister, F. R. S. concerning several Roman inscriptions, and other antiquities in Yorkshire’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 23, issue 278 (April 1702).
Table 3. Astronomical study of a halo with parhelia, or mock suns, as observed by Edmond Halley in London, April 1702, together with geometric diagrams detailing its occurrence in detail. Illustrations to ‘V. An account of the appearance of several unusual parhelia, or mock-suns, together with several circular arches lately seen in the air by E. Halley’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 23, issue 278 (April 1702). Original proof of this image can be found in MS/47, p.25.
Christopher Hunter was not a Fellow of the Royal Society, and; Edmond Halley (1656-1742), British astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1678.
Related fellows
Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
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