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(backlit) Telescopic Appearance of the Moon
Reynolds, James; Emslie...
(backlit) Telescopic Ap...
1850
Case Map
 
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[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Uncolored views of the moon as seen by Lord Rosses telescope, displayed as light area against a darker background. Includes explanatory text at the lower margin.
Telescopic Appearance of the Moon
Reynolds, James; Emslie...
Telescopic Appearance o...
1850
Case Map
 
Author
[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
Note
Uncolored views of the moon as seen by Lord Rosses telescope, displayed as light area against a darker background. Includes explanatory text at the lower margin.
(backlit) Transparent diagram of the phases of the Moon
Reynolds, James; Emslie...
(backlit) Transparent d...
1851
Celestial Atlas
 
Author
[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
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Colored engraved transparent diagram with holes in the card to indicate the lit portions of the Moon during its cycle. These are backed with tissue paper so that the print can be held up to the light to show the Moon's phases as light against a darker background. The diagram shows both the phases, as seen from Earth, and the orbits of the Moon and Earth around the Sun. Text at top and bottom give an explanation of these movements and appearances.
Transparent diagram of the phases of the Moon
Reynolds, James; Emslie...
Transparent diagram of ...
1851
Celestial Atlas
 
Author
[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
Note
Colored engraved transparent diagram with holes in the card to indicate the lit portions of the Moon during its cycle. These are backed with tissue paper so that the print can be held up to the light to show the Moon's phases as light against a darker background. The diagram shows both the phases, as seen from Earth, and the orbits of the Moon and Earth around the Sun. Text at top and bottom give an explanation of these movements and appearances.
(backlit) Telescopic appearance of the Moon
Reynolds, James; Emslie...
(backlit) Telescopic ap...
1851
Celestial Atlas
 
Author
[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
Note
Uncolored engraved diagram. Displaying magnified appearance of the Moon, "as seen by Lord Rosse's great telescope", and the text at the bottom includes a description of this view by William Scoresby (1789-1857), which concludes "The general appearance ... was like one vast ruin of nature".
Telescopic appearance of the Moon
Reynolds, James; Emslie...
Telescopic appearance o...
1851
Celestial Atlas
 
Author
[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
Note
Uncolored engraved diagram. Displaying magnified appearance of the Moon, "as seen by Lord Rosse's great telescope", and the text at the bottom includes a description of this view by William Scoresby (1789-1857), which concludes "The general appearance ... was like one vast ruin of nature".
Eclipses. (with) The theory of the tides
Reynolds, James; Emslie...
Eclipses. (with) The th...
1851
Celestial Atlas
 
Author
[Reynolds, James, Emslie, John]
Note
Handcolred and engraved 2 diagrams on one plate. Showing eclipse of the Moon and eclipse of the Sun, and the Theory of Tides. Text at the bottom gives a fuller explanation of the theory of tides.
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