Print (Engraving) of the Annular Solar Eclipse of 1 April, 1764, by Joseph Betts, engraved by Cole, Oxford, c. 1764 |
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| Inventory Number: | 27158
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| Object Type: | Object
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| Persons: |
Joseph Betts (Designer)
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| Date Created: | c.1764
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| Subject Classification(s): |
Print Collection |
| Primary Inscriptions: | Title: "A Description of the Path of the Annulus over part of this Island / in the Solar Eclipse April 1st 1764."
Dedication: "To the Right Honourable / THE EARL of LITCHFIELD Chan.r of the University of Oxford, / THE EARL of HALIFAX one of ye Principal Secretaries of State, / THE EARL OF BUTE; / THIS PLATE / In Gratitude for their Countenance & Support / At the late Election of a Savilian Professor of Astronomy / Is dutifully Inscribed, / By their obliged humble Servant / Jo. Betts M.A. / Fellow of University College / in Oxford."
Bottom left corner of map: "Cole Oxon sc."
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| Provenance: | Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford
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| Collection Group: |
Radcliffe Observatory Archive |
| Material(s): |
Paper
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| Dimensions: |
| Height |
Width |
Depth |
Diameter |
Unit |
| 550 |
379 |
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mm |
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Narratives |
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