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Print (Engraving) of a Scheme of the Sun's Surface from Observations by Kircher and Scheiner, c. 1635

Inventory Number 13615


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13615

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Schema corporis SOLARIS prouta PP Kirchero et Scheinero Romae Anno 1635 observatum' Spatium Etherum F.G. Axis Globi Solaris Equator Solaris B.F.C. Spatum Solis Boreale H.G.I. Spacium Solis australe B.C.H.I. Spacium Solis torridum A Putei lucis L.M.N.O. etc Evaporationes una et macularum Origo.
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Physical technique
Line engraving
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 203mm Width: 304mm
Inventory No
13615

Description

Line engraving. Intaglio. In Latin.