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Engraving of the Moon, Similar to the 'Lunar Planispheres', Seemingly Unfinished, by John Russell, Published by William Faden, London,1806

Inventory Number 11959.0.1

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.11959.0.1

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Radcliffe Trustees. From the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford.
Physical material
Paper
Object type
Print
Inventory No
11959.0.1

Description

Additional engraving similar to Russell's 'Lunar Planispheres', seemingly unfinished (areas blank or in faint draft) though with the printer's caption and date. It may have been intended for the 'auxiliary plate' mentioned in the pamphlet describing the planispheres. The two lunar planispheres proper are 11958 and 87967. In modern Museum frame.

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