| RefNo | CLP/8i/61 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Observatis eclipsis lunaris peracto Bostoniis' [Observations of the lunar eclipse observated at Boston, New England [USA] on 5 April 1707] by Thomas Brattle |
| Date | 10 November 1707 |
| Description | The observation took place on the morning of 12 June 1694. The location was at the college at Cambridge [possibly Harvard], about 4 miles from Boston. A brass quadrant and a telescope were used. On reverse is a note from Warrington about Dr Woodward.
Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of some eclipses of the sun and moon, observed by Mr Tho. Brattle, at Cambridge, about four miles from Boston in New-England, whence the difference of longitude between Cambridge and London is determin'd, from an observation made of one of them at London' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1704.0028 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6100 | Woodward; John (1665 - 1728); physician, natural historian, and antiquary | 1665 - 1728 |