Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.9167
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    Phases of Jupiter

    Date
    1890
    After
    Otto Boeddicker (1853 - 1937, German) , Astronomer
    Object type
    Library reference
    21289
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 112mm
    width (print): 146mm
    Subject
    Content object
    space
       > Solar system
          > planet
             > Jupiter
    Description
    Six phases of Jupiter, 'from the original drawing by Dr. Otto Boeddicker (Made with Lord Rosse's 3-feet Reflector)'. Illustration from The scenery of the heavens; a popular account of astronomical wonders, by John Ellard Gore (London, 1890).

    Astronomer John Ellard Gore (1845–1910) trained as an engineer and worked on the construction of the Sirhind canal in the Punjab.
    Associated place
    <The World>
       > Europe
          > United Kingdom
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