Record

RefNoRBO/19/29
AltRefNoRBO.19.194
LevelItem
Title'An Explication of the Experiment made in May, as a further confirmation of what was said in a Paper given in last March, to account for the appearance of the horizontal Moon seeming larger than when higher' by Dr Desaguliers
Date1735
DescriptionFor initial experiment see RBO/19/12 page 71
Details of experiment made with three ivory balls (figure in text) to show that 'the horizontal moon to be much further than it is'
For engraved figure see p 73
Read to the Royal Society on 26 June 1735
LanguageEnglish
Extent3 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
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