Paper, 'An eclipse of the Moon observed at Wanstead [London] on 30 October 1715' by James Pound
Reference number: CLP/8i/66
Date: 15 December 1715
Description
Produced by Edmond Halley. Tracks the measurements of the Moon during ther eclipse between 15:09 and 17:43 on 30 October 1715. Pound complains that the clouds made measurments at the beginning of the eclipse difficult, and that the clock used was slower than the actual time.
Subject: Astronomy
Read to the Royal Society on 15 December 1715
- Reference number
- CLP/8i/66
- Earliest possible date
- 15 December 1715
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Pound, Paper, 'An eclipse of the Moon observed at Wanstead [London] on 30 October 1715' by James Pound, 15 December 1715, CLP/8i/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_66/paper-an-eclipse-of-the-moon-observed-at-wanstead-london-on-30-october-1715-by-james-pound, accessed on 05 December 2025
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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