| RefNo | AP/80/10 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, Preliminary note on observations of the total solar eclipse of 1900 May 28, made at Santa Pola (Casa del Pleito), Spain by Ralph Copeland |
| Creator | Copeland; Ralph (1837-1905); English astronomer |
| Date | 1900 |
| Description | Copeland writes: 'I had again the honour of being nominated one of the observere for the Joint Eclipse Committee, the station allotted to me being at Santa Pola, on the south-east coast of Spain. On the 9th May I left Edinburgh, and sailed from Tilbury on the 11th in the Orient steamship “Oruba,” accompanied by Mr. Thomas Heath, First Assistant at the Edinburgh Royal Observatory who was going to Santa Pola to observe the eclipse on behalf of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.'
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Astronomy
A version of this paper was published in volume 67 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Preliminary note on observations of the total solar eclipse of 1900 May 28, made at Santa Pola (casa del pleito), Spain'. |
| Extent | 16p |
| Format | Typescript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1900.0042 |