| Reference number | CLP/7ii/16 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'A contrivance to make the poles of the diurnal motion in a celestial globe pass round the poles of the ecliptic' by John Senex |
| Date | 1738 |
| Description | Senex explains that 'the poles of the diurnal motion do not enter into the globe, but are affixed at one end, to two shoulders or arms of brass, at the distance of 23 degrees and an half from the poles of the ecliptic.' Includes one labelled figure in the text of a section of the celestial globe and the axis or poles of the diurnal motion.
Subject: Cartography
Read to the Royal Society on 4 May 1738
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A contrivance to make the poles of the diurnal motion in a celestial globe pass round the poles of the ecliptic. Invented by John Senex, F. R. S. read at a meeting of the Royal Society, May 4. 1738' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0036 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBO/21/25 |
| CLP/7ii/17 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA327 | Senex; John (- 1740) | - 1740 |