Sujet

Observing a total solar eclipse, 1851 (1857). Artist: Anon

Légende

Observing a total solar eclipse, 1851 (1857). Members of the Edinburgh expedition on Bue Island, Norway, with their instruments set up ready for viewing the eclipse which occurred on 28 July 1851. Members of the crew from their transport vessel are seated on the right by empty packing cases. From Astronomical Observations made at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. (Edinburgh, 1857).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1857

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images

Notre référence

HRM19B63_053

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (2,0Mo) / 43,9cm x 28,5cm / 5183 x 3369 (300dpi)

Mots clés

personnes gens mâle homme hommes pays la science type La Norvège télescope astronomie Britannique couleur couleur éclipse endroit ÉCOSSAIS siècle éclipse solaire La Grande-Bretagne observer expédition phénomènes normaux 19e siècle astronome dix-neuvie siècle Scots Oxford Science Archive chromolithograph Anon Anonymous chromolithograph