| Reference number | PT/15/1/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, 'Eclipse of the sun, 7 September 1820' by Franz Bauer |
| Date | [1820] |
| Description | Plate showing 18 stages of the solar eclipse that took place on 7 September 1820 from 12:25pm to 3:09pm.
Subject: Anatomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the black rete mucosum of the Negro [sic], being a defence against the scorching effect of the sun's rays'.
Drawn by Bauer at Kew Green. Read 9 November 1820. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Watercolour |
| Physical description | Watercolour and ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0138 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1821.0001 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/15/1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA4668 | Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon | 1756 - 1832 |
| NA7476 | Bauer; Franz Andreas (1758 - 1840) | 1758 - 1840 |