Record

RefNoCLP/7ii/16
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'A contrivance to make the poles of the diurnal motion in a celestial globe pass round the poles of the ecliptic' by John Senex
Date1738
DescriptionSenex explains that 'the poles of the diurnal motion do not enter into the globe, but are affixed at one end, to two shoulders or arms of brass, at the distance of 23 degrees and an half from the poles of the ecliptic.' Includes one labelled figure in the text of a section of the celestial globe and the axis or poles of the diurnal motion.

Subject: Cartography

Read to the Royal Society on 4 May 1738

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A contrivance to make the poles of the diurnal motion in a celestial globe pass round the poles of the ecliptic. Invented by John Senex, F. R. S. read at a meeting of the Royal Society, May 4. 1738'
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0036
RelatedRecordRBO/21/25
CLP/7ii/17
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA327Senex; John (- 1740) - 1740
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