Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9470
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Shelton regulator in canvas observatory
Date
1777
Creator
James Basire (1730 - 1802, British) , Printmaker
Object type
Library reference
R65035
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 285mm
width (print): 395mm
width (print): 395mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A Shelton compound pendulum regulator carried on the second of James Cook’s three voyages around the world for use in astronomical observations. The clock is shown within a portable canvas observatory designed by astronomer William Bayly (1737–1810). Illustration from The original astronomical observations made in the course of a voyage towards the South Pole and round the world, in ... the 'Resolution' and 'Adventure', in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775, by William Wales and William Bayly (London, 1777).
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