RefNo | CLP/8i/66 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'An eclipse of the Moon observed at Wanstead [London] on 30 October 1715' by James Pound |
Date | 1715 |
Description | Produced by Edmond Halley. Tracks the measurements of the Moon during ther eclipse between 15:09 and 17:43 on 30 October 1715. Pound complains that the clouds made measurments at the beginning of the eclipse difficult, and that the clock used was slower than the actual time.
Subject: Astronomy
Read to the Royal Society on 15 December 1715 |
Language | English |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | JBO/12/87 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8423 | Halley; Edmond (1656 - 1742); astronomer | 1656 - 1742 |
NA6741 | Pound; James (1669 - 1724); clergyman; East India Company chaplain; astronomer | 1669 - 1724 |