Paper, regarding an eclipse of the Moon by [John Palmer]
Reference number: CLP/8i/28
Date: 1671
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This is a diagram indicating a lunar eclipse, observed at Ecton, Northamptonshire on 8 September 1671. This was most likely observed by John Palmer (1612-1679), cousin of one of the founding fellows of the Royal Society, John Wilkins. Palmer, who was Cambridge-educated and pupil of astronomer Samuel Foster (c.1600-1652), was Archdeacon of Northampton and regularly made astronomical observations at Ecton.
Figure in text.
Subject: Astronomy
- Reference number
- CLP/8i/28
- Earliest possible date
- 1671
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, regarding an eclipse of the Moon by [John Palmer], 1671, CLP/8i/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_28/paper-regarding-an-eclipse-of-the-moon-by-john-palmer, accessed on 25 March 2025
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