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| Boothby, Brampton | ||
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| civil parish:- | Brampton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| locality type:- | locality | |
| coordinates:- | NY55066288 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5562 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY56 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag item:- comet, 1742 |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1742 p.319 "SIR," "I Observe in your MAGAZINE a vast Incongruity in the Observations made of the late Comet: I have therefore sent you the following Sketch (according to my Judgment) deduced from four Observations I made of it here; which is not designed to contradict what the learned Philomaths have been pleased to communicate to the Publick, but only to be better informed myself: The Observations I made were from the several fix'd Stars mentioned in the Scheme, which if you please to insert in your next Magazine will be gratefully acknowledged by" "Sir, your humble Servant, unknown." "Stroud near Rochester, May 24. 1742." "J. BULMAN." "N.B. The Distance of the Comet from the Pole Star on the 14th at 9h. 30 min. P.M. I observed to be 5 deg. 45 min. nearly; its Tail was then plainly to be seen, but most conspicuous to the naked Eye when Reflection was observed in Water, as it was in a large Mill-pond at this Place."  click to enlargeG742E08.jpg "The above was composed for last Month but could not then be inserted." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag item:- comet, 1742 |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1742 p.210 "SIR," "TO compleat your Account of the Comet, I have sent you the following Sketch, which, if you think it worthy a Place in your Magazine, please to get it engraved in due Proportion. Your last from Mr Wright (by whose Oversight I cannot pretend to say) is vastly wide from the Determination he draws from it."  click to enlargeG742E07.jpg "The small Stars 5 and 6 are the 5th and 6th without Form in Tycho Brahe's Catalogue of the Lesser Bear, both of the 6th Magnitude; with which two Stars the Head of the Comet form'd an equilateral Triangle March the 12th about 9 at Night." "That Star mark'd A is the 2d in the Bear's Tail, the other five, viz B, C, D, E, F, (which together with (A) form a Hexagon, not very irregularly, about the Pole Star) are neither in Tycho's Catalogue, nor that more copious one of our Countryman Mr Flamstead: B C and E I find in Hevetius's Description of Cepheus, but D and F, the latter being a very small one of the 7th or 8th Magnitude, I can find no Account of: The Places of the Comet mark'd 12, 13, 14, &c. are its Places the respective Nights in March. The 13th, when in a Line with the two Stars, its Tail fell directly upon the Star B: At its nearest Approach to the Pole Star, viz. March the 16th, its Distance was scarcely 31/2Degrees of a Great Circle. My Observations were made about 9 or 10 at Night. I was not very curious as to Minutes, the precise Time being of little Use in this manner of observing. Saturday the 20th being somewhat cloudy, the Comet appear'd distinctly thro' the Breaks, but the 21st it was scarcely visible to an unarm'd Eye, tho' with a Telescope it appeared very distinct; after which Night, cloudy Weather setting in, I saw it no more, and had the Air continued clear, I presume it would have quite disappeared in a few Days, not far from the Place of my last Observation. I have not troubled you with its Longitude and Latitude at each Observation, that being easily obtained from the Scheme, and correct Places of the Stars." "I am, Sir, your humble Servant," "Friestone April 4, 1742" "Edmund Weaver." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag item:- comet, 1742 |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1742 p.183 "The Elements of the late COMET's true Motion, as moving in a parabolic Orbit, from a graphical Construction of it communicated to the Royal Society by Tho. Wright." "1742 The proper Motion Retrograde." "° ′ ″" "Heliocentric Place of the ascending Node Libra5 47 22" "Inclination of the Orbit to the Plane of the Ecliptic68 14" "Time of the Perihelion January 27. 21h. 50m. P.M." "Perihelion Place in the Trajectory ... Scorpio7 33 28" "And Distance from the Node31 47 6" "Perihelion Distance of the Comet from the Sun 76890, such Parts of which the Earth's mean Distance from the Sun, is 100000, and its Logarithm 9.885870."  click to enlargeG742E06.jpg "Explanation of the SCHEME." "EGHF is the Orbit of the Earth in the Plain of the Ecliptic." "DPωABC, the Trajectory of the Comet in the Plane of its Orbit." "DSC Latus Rectum of the Parabola." "PSG Line of the Absides. ESωLine of the Nodes." "P the Perihelion Point. A the first observ'd Place of the Comet, and" "B the Place near which it disappeared." |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag item:- comet, 1742 |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1742 p.132 "St James's, March 20." "SIR," "SINCE my first Account of the Comet, which I sent you at the Beginning of it's Appearance, I have had several Opportunities of observing it (in the same Manner) again, and have determin'ed it's Place amongst the fix'd Stars as follows," "March 3, 11 H. 40 Min. P.M. I Observed it at A in Lat. 78 Deg. 59 Min. North, and in Long. 19 Deg. 3 Min. of Pisces;" "March 7, 10 H. 5 Min. P.M. I found it at B, it's Lat. then was 76 Deg. 38 Min. North, Long. 20 Deg. 9 Min. of Taurus." "And March the 11th, 8 Hours 26 Min. p.m. it appeared at C. Lat. 71 Deg. 8 Min. North; Long. 8 Deg. 32 Min. of Gemini: At A and B by reason of the Moon's more powerful Reflection, the Tail was scarce perceptible, but at C, it again appeared, tho' very faint, about 3 Deg. in Length. 'Tis in it's Ascent from the Sun, and was in, or near its Perigeum, Feb 24th, about 5 Hours before I saw it. Its Geocentric apparent Motion is direct, but now it begins to incline to a Retrogradation, and it's annual Parallax arising from the Earth's Motion (in its Orbit) is very visible: The Mean ascending Node I make in 8 Deg. 15 Min. of Capricorn, and the Inclination of it's Way to the Plain of the Ecliptic, 79 D. 20 Min. but ye Equation of this Way, in the last Intervals of Observation, more than the Arch of a Great Circle, is 12 Min." "The proper Motion of this Comet in it's own Orbit is contrary to the Order of Signs, and the Convex Part of it's Trajectory in the present Transit, is towards the Earth: but for want of an Observation, or two before the Perigeum I find it will be very difficult to determine its true Course. The Inclination of it's Path to the Plane of the Ecliptic (or Heliocentric Latitude) I take to be much less than that seen from the Earth, but the ascending Node, I judge not to be far from that of the Siderial Way." "Mean Velocity of this Comet per Day, betwixt the First and Second Observation, was 4 Deg. 53 Mon. 30 Sec. between the 2d and 3d, 3 Deg. 10 Min. and between the 3d and last, 1 Deg. 58 Min. 'tis now only to be seen thro' a Telescope." "Yours," "T. Wright."  click to enlargeG742E04.jpg |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag item:- comet, 1742 |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1742 p.106 "Boothby near Carlisle." "SIR," "ON the 20th, about 4 o' Clock in the Morning I accidentally discover'd a Comet in or near the Extremity of the Tail of the Serpent of Ophiuchus, about 12 or 14 Deg. West, and of the same Altitude with the Lucida Aquilae. The next Morning it had mov'd in one diurnal Revolution at least 2 and a half Degrees, seemingly in or near the Direction of a vertical Circle, and aiming towards the Lucida Lyrae; but I have no Instruments to make proper Observations, I therefore desire you would consult some of the eminent Astronomers in London, and give Account of it in your next, for we want to have the Theory of Comets compleated, which can no otherways be obtained but from Observations a Posteriori." "I am, Sir, &c. G. SMITH." "(Extracts from Mr. Smith's Letter being sent to several Gentlemen, it produced the following Answers.)" "Fleet-street, Feb. 27, 1741-2." "Mr. URBAN," "HAD the two last Nights been favourable, I might have been able to give you and your Northern Friend a better Account of the present Comet; but your Miscellany comes out too soon to give Time for Satisfaction. The Comet was seen in the West last Thursday was 7-night, in the Morning; whether sooner by any one I cannot tell. It was then in Antinous, near or at the Tail of the Serpens Ophiuchi. About Wednesday it was in the Milky Way, near the Tail of the Eagle, full as bright as Stars of the 3d Magnitude. It is going almost Northward, at some Distance from Lucida Lyrae, at the Rate of about six Degrees in a Day, with a Tail six Deg. long, and will soon not set at all. It passes not far from the Course of the Comet which was seen in 1672, and may be supposed the same, if its Node prove to have been in the same Place with that; which I fear will not hold, as I at first hoped. It is, I suppose, in its Ascent from the Sun, and may be visible many Weeks, if not a few Months, in clear Nights. This very imperfect Account must suffice at present, from" "Yours, &c. WILL. WHISTON."  click to enlargeG742E03.jpg "Mr. URBAN," "I Thank you, Sir, for the Account you sent me of the Comet." "Yesterday Morning, about Three o'Clock, I was so happy as to have a Sight of it myself; but for Want of proper Instruments to observe it, was obliged to do it by the Help of Lines, in the following manner." "On the 24th Inst. 15h. 12m. O.M. by extending a Thread from the bright Star in the Harp, to a small Star of the 4th Magintude in the neck of Anser (before the Nose of Vulpicula) which I have mark'd in the above Figure B. I foud it to pass thro' the Center of the Comet; and at the same Time I observed the Comet to be distant from the Star mark'd A, just twice the Distance of the two Stars A, and b. But to be more exact, I apply'd a Thread from Albireo in the Swan's Beak, to b, in the Harp, and found the Distance of the Comet on one Side from the Thread, to be exactly twice the Distance of the Star A, on the other." "The Vertical Circle, passing thro' the Center of the Comet, I found to be distant from Lyra the full Extent of an Equilateral Triangle formed upon Lyra and the small Star C. The Tail" |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag 1742 item:- comet, 1742 |
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| source data:- | goto source Gentleman's Magazine 1742 p.107 "of the Comet pointed E, in the Right Hand of Hercules, and formed the side of an Isosceles Triangle with Lyra; the Head seem'd to be of the 2d Magnitude, and very cloudy; the Tail was very pellucid to the extent of 3°. but very faint towards its Extremity." "I find, by Contruction, its Longitude was then in 21°. 13′ of Capricorn, and the Latitude 52°. 12′North." "The Tail I make about nine Degrees; and I have some Reason to believe 'tis moving very fast Northward, and from the Sun." "If any of your Correspondents please to correct the Stars Places, the Place of the Comet may be very easily found by them, and the Time of Observation rectified to a very great exactness." "Yours, &c." "St. James's, Feb. 26." "THO. WRIGHT." |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) placename:- Boothby |
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| source data:- | Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1
inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29
Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774. D4NY56SE.jpg "Boothby" block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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