Chart of the Annular Eclipse of the Sun, March 1886

Title:

Chart of the Annular Eclipse of the Sun, March 1886

Date:

1886

Creator (Personal):

Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894

Description:

In this astronomical chart Gibbes provides a diagram and the elements for constructing the diagram. Those elements are hourly motion, declination, hourly motion in declination, horizontal parallax and semidiameter. Gibbes also provides the result times of the eclipse including the beginning, total, opposition, middle, end of total, general and duration of eclipse. The diagram shows the central path for the moon during the eclipse.

Collection Title:

Lewis R. Gibbes Papers, 1800s-1893, 1937

Contributing Institution:

College of Charleston Libraries

Media Type:

Images

Topical Subject:

Astronomy--Observations, Astronomy Charts, diagrams, etc., Astronomy--Mathematics, Astronomy--United States--History--19th century, and Solar eclipses

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

MSS 0020 Box Oversize Folder 05

Date Digital:

2018-09-18

Digitization Specifications:

400 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Bookeye 4 Basic, Archival masters are tiffs.

Format:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public Domain.

Access Information:

For more information contact Special Collections at Addlestone Library, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.

Admin ID:

223745