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  • Science Astronomy Planetary Globe Venus Moon 1788 Antique Print

Science Astronomy Planet Space Venus Moon 1788 Antique Print

€45.30

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Science, Technology, Astronomy, Parallax, 1788, Enlightenment, Antique Print, Lowry, Space, Celestial, Lot 14

Plate 20. Illustrates a Planetary Globe, diagrams of Conic sections, Ellipsis Focus Sector, Gravity, Heat, Hour, Moon’s Parallax and Venus’s Parallax

Antique Copper engraving by Wilson Lowry for George Selby Howard’s “The New Royal Cyclopaedia; or, Modern Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences”

Published according to the Act of Parliament by Alexander Hogg at the Kings Arms No 16 Paternoster Row” London 1788

Printed on Flax/hemp handmade "Laid Paper", made on wire strung in a timber frame, or "Decal".

Condition: Excellent printed on hand-made "laid paper" with complete plate-mark .

Plate-mark = 9.4 x 15 inch (23.5 x 37.5 cm)

Certificate of authenticity supplied.

 Wilson Lowry : A line engraver of scientific and technical illustrations, architectural views, landscapes, and portraits by contemporaries and his own design. Born in Whitechapel, Cumberland he was apprenticed to an engraver called Ross in Worcester, moving to London in 1780. He is credited with inventing a device for 'hatching' on plates and was one of the earliest to tackle the hard steel plate engraving, the harder metal required for the increased demand on the printing presses in the 1820's.

History of Astronomy :In Vol 1 pg 242 in 1788: “Planet , in astronomy is a celestial Body, revolving around the sun as a center, and continually changing its position with respect to other stars, whence the moon, 'the wanderer', in opposition to a star, which remains still.”

Parallax of Moon & Venus : To measure large distances, such as the distance of a planet or a star from Earth, astronomers use the principle of parallax, the semi-angle of inclination between two sight-lines to the star, as observed when Earth is on opposite sides of the Sun in its orbit. It is here where the present discovers the importance of Captain James Cook’s 1768-1771 voyage: the Royal Society entrusted him with observing the Transit of Venus from the Pacific Ocean, an event known only to occur in 243 year cycles. They calculated 3-4 June 1769 was the next opportunity to record Venus passing across the Sun allowing them to further their knowledge of Astronomy. When Maritime explorers left the “known shores” to discover the unknown, that event in itself aligns with the 1969 United States’ Moon landing by Armstrong and Aldrin 200 years later. Not only was there the reality of going further than any Man/Explorer had gone before, "One small step for Man...: into the unknown, but adding vital mathematical calculations to allow human knowledge to evolve within those 200 years to make Armstrong's '...Giant Leap for Mankind'

© Sandra J.I. Ker 2019 

 

 

 

Other Details

AP Astromomy:
Copper engraving
Planets:
Outer Space
Venus Parallax:
Earth Moon

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