Lunar optical phenomenon
Date
1802
Creator
Wilson Lowry (1762 - 1824, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 128mm
width (print): 128mm
Subject
Description
Meteorological study of rings seen around the Moon.
The author of the accompanying article states that: ‘she [the Moon] was surrounded by two very eccentric rings, the smaller of which, being concentric, had the form of an ellipse; but the larger was circular, as represented in the annexed engraving (Plate VIII)’
Plate 8, illustrating the paper: ‘Observations on an optical phenomenon produced by Moon-light in the vapours of the atmosphere. By Professor Wrede’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.12 (1802) pp.346-350.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.VIII. Vol. XII.’,
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
The author of the accompanying article states that: ‘she [the Moon] was surrounded by two very eccentric rings, the smaller of which, being concentric, had the form of an ellipse; but the larger was circular, as represented in the annexed engraving (Plate VIII)’
Plate 8, illustrating the paper: ‘Observations on an optical phenomenon produced by Moon-light in the vapours of the atmosphere. By Professor Wrede’, The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.12 (1802) pp.346-350.
Inscribed above: ‘Philo. Mag. Pl.VIII. Vol. XII.’,
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
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