Boxwood model to illustrate the aberration of light, discovered by James Bradley, the third Astronomer Royal, in 1728.
- Made:
- circa 1729 in Oxford
- designer:
- James Bradley
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Boxwood model to illustrate the aberration of light discovered by James Bradley, the third Astronomer Royal, in 1728. Used by Bradley when giving his lecture on the subject at the Ashmolean Museum as Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, c.1729.
Details
- Category:
- Astronomy
- Object Number:
- 1876-1029
- Measurements:
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overall (estimate): 50 x 200 x 100 mm
- type:
- models (representaions) and stellar aberation
- credit:
- Clarendon Laboratory
