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Print (Broadside) A View of the Solar System and Orbit of the Comet with its proper Elevation, by Benjamin Martin, London, 1757

Inventory Number 14316


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.14316

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
A View of the Solar System and Orbit of the Comet (with its proper Elevation) which will next return; truly representing all its Appearances for any Part of the year, by Benjamin Martin. Published accord'g to Act of Parliament Feb: 24th 1757. Scale of two hundred and forty millions of English miles.
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Physical technique
Intaglio
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 327mm Width: 475mm
Inventory No
14316

Description

Three-dimensional astronomical broadside showing orbit of comet 1757 (some cometary tails and extra section missing).