Comet projection
Date
1806
Creator
Wilson Lowry (1762 - 1824, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
9183
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 128mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
Subject
Description
View of a ‘comet’ effect produced by a cometarium, an optical instrument utilising a convex lens and candle to project a mock-comet.
The accompanying note describes: ‘place a lighted candle before the cometarium, at the distance of 18 feet, and the light which passes through the great lens forms a beautiful representation of the tail of a comet upon the wall.’.
Plate 3, illustrating the paper: ‘Description of a Cometarium invented by Ez. Walker, Esq.’. The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.24, (1806) pp.37-39.
Inscribed above: ‘MR. WALKER’S PLANETARIUM. Philo. Mag. Pl. III. Vol XXIV.’. Inscribed below: ‘Lowry sculp.’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
The accompanying note describes: ‘place a lighted candle before the cometarium, at the distance of 18 feet, and the light which passes through the great lens forms a beautiful representation of the tail of a comet upon the wall.’.
Plate 3, illustrating the paper: ‘Description of a Cometarium invented by Ez. Walker, Esq.’. The Philosophical Magazine…[edited] by Alexander Tilloch, v.24, (1806) pp.37-39.
Inscribed above: ‘MR. WALKER’S PLANETARIUM. Philo. Mag. Pl. III. Vol XXIV.’. Inscribed below: ‘Lowry sculp.’.
Wilson Lowry (1762-1824), British engraver and geologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1812.
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