Reference number | CLP/8ii/27 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, regarding account of a spot seen in the Sun on 23 September 1730 by Mr Wasse |
Date | 1730 |
Description | Taken from two letters by Wasse of Northamptonshire to William Whiston. Wasse describes sunspots observed before sunset on 23 September 1730, writing that 'the spot in the Sun was black and well defin'd: seen by about four persons, who all agree in their verdict.'
Subject: Astronomy
Read to the Royal Society on 22 October 1730 |
Language | English |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related records in the catalogue | RBO/15/10 |