- Subject
- Print Collection
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Benjamin Martin
- 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
- 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).
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