| Reference number | PT/65/1/11 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, diagram of nearest approach of centres of sun and moon by unknown artist |
| Date | [1862] |
| Description | Diagram illustrating the method of calculating the nearest approach of the centres of the sun and moon during the eclipse.
Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The Bakerian lecture.—On the total solar eclipse of July 18th, 1860, observed at Rivabellosa, near Miranda de Ebro, in Spain'.
Written by de la Rue at the Observatory in Crawford, Middlesex. Received by the Royal Society on 30 January 1862. Read 10 April 1862. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| Physical description | Ink diagram on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1862.0010 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1862.0021 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/4/66 |
| RR/4/67 |
| PT/65/1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3837 | Rue; Warren de la (1815 - 1889); chemist and astronomer | 1815 - 1889 |