Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Astronomical clock]
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Accession number:
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64-185
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Record number:
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64-185-1
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JCB call number:
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64-185
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Image title:
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[Astronomical clock]
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Creator 1:
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James Basire
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Creator 1 role:
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sculp.
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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[W. and A. Strahan]
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Image date:
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[1777]
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Image function:
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Plate II; following p. xii
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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27.7 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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39.8 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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30.5 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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45 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Diagram of a clock made to be used for astronomical observations. The clock, made to be set up temporarily, is supported by three adjustable braces, and is shown within a tent which is also supported by three adjustable braces. Items in the image are identified in the text.
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Source creator:
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Wales, William, 1734?-1798
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Source Title:
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The original astronomical observations, made in the course of a voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed by W. and A. Strahan; and sold by J. Nourse, ... and J. Mount and T. Page ...
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Source date:
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MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
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notes:
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Wales' reputation was made with his observations from Hudson's Bay on the transit of Venus; he was chosen to carry on with his astronomical observations as part of Captain James Cook's second circumnavigation in 1772.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1968.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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Commentary:
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Subject Area:
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Artifacts, industry, and human activities
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Subject headings:
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Transit-instruments
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