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Print (Engraving) The Solar System, English, c. 1789

Inventory Number 13608


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13608

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
The Solar System. A Tide-Clock A Geographical Clock Stamp't according to Act of Parliament with Three Four-penny Stamps.
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Physical technique
Line engraving
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 482mm Width: 680mm
Inventory No
13608

Description

Line engraving. Intaglio. With two volvelles. With three stamps, dated 1792. The date of c.1789 comes from the beginning of the tables, eg of eclipses and full moons.