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Print (Engraving) of Earth's orbit and seasonal positions around Sun, by Bowen, London, 1738

Inventory Number 13560


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13560

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Page 230. Plate XIX. Fig XXX. Bowen Sculpt.
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Physical technique
Engraving
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 190mm Width: 241mm
Inventory No
13560

Description

Line engraving (copperplate) depicting the orbit of the earth around the sun in a full year, with seasonal positions. Plate taken from book. Engraver likely to be Emanuel Bowen (1693/4-1767).