- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- James Ferguson
- Primary inscriptions
- J. Ferguson del. J. Bickham sculp. To Martin Folkes Esq'r President of the Royal Society. This Plate is Dedicated by his most humble servant James Ferguson.
- Physical material
- Paper
- Physical medium
- Black ink
- Object type
- Dimensions
- Height: 211mm Width: 974mm
- Inventory No
- 13552
Description
Depicts the trajectory of the moon and earth from an instrument invented by Ferguson to demonstrate that the moon's orbit must always be concave to the sun, a 'trajectorium lunare'.
Dedicated to Martin Folkes, president of the Royal Society.
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