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RefNoMS/626/12
LevelItem
TitleThe cloud horizon at Guajara as seen by moonlight
Date1857
DescriptionEntitled ' The cloud horizon at Guajara as seen by moonlight: showing the summit of Grand Canary above the clouds in the distance. '

Watercolour pasted into page 12 of the manuscript

Note at side; 'To form lower half of Plate 3 of Phil. Trans. '
Extent1 drawing
FormatWatercolour
PhysicalDescriptionWatercolour on paper, size 24.5 x 16 cm
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialReproduced as lower half of Plate XXXII in 'Philosophical Transactions' 1858, volume 148, part of paper 'Astronomical Experiments on the peak of Tenerife' by C. Piazzi Smyth
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