Ramsay 1737
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item:- British Library : Maps CC.5.a.59 |
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Eclipse map, Description of the Passage of the Annular
Penumbra, predicting the annular eclipse 18 February 1737
over the British Isles, scale about 50 miles to 1 inch, by
William Ramsey, published by John Haynes, York, Yorkshire,
1737.
A shaded band, to show the passage of the shadow of the moon, runs SW to NE across Ireland, northern England, and southern Scotland, the centre line passing through Edinburgh. Times of eclipse maxima are marked along the centre line at 1 minute intervals; Edinburgh is 38m 10s past 3pm. The track is not quite correct. Four diagrams, overlapped circles, show the 'figure of the eclipse' ie how much of the sun is covered, at London, York, Dublin and Edinburgh. These are printed in spare space in the seas. Totality includes most of Westmorland and Cumberland; there are shadow diagrams for Dalton-in-Furness, Appleby and Carlisle. There is descriptive text - 'THIS Great and Surprizing ECLIPSE of the Sun, is the only One, of its Kind, that hath happened, in these Parts of the World, for these several Ages past; and will, no doubt, raise strange Imaginations in the Minds of A GREAT MANY PEOPLE, in all Places, where the centre of the Annular Penumbra passes ...' signed by Wm. Ramsay Philomath. |
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| map type:- | Ramsay 1737 (EW/Cum) | |
| map feature:- | swash lettering & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales (conical projection) & lat and long grid & sea plain & galleons & coast line & rivers & settlements (few) & eclipse | |
| inscription:- |
printed title cartouche,upper right
A / DESCRIPTION / of the Passage of the / Annular Penumbra / of that great & Visible Eclipse of ye Sun / Feb : 18th 1737 over / GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND / with a Brief Accot. of its Passage / over the Whole Earth. / Engrav'd by I. Haynes / YORK. |
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printed bottom
Sold by JOHN HAYNES, Surveyor, Engraver, and Copper-Plate Printer, near the Middle of Stonegate, YORK ... |
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printed above scale line, upper right
A Scale of Geographical Miles |
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| scale line:- | 100 miles = 50.4 mm | |
| wxh, sheet:- | 38.5x49cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 298x291mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 3200000 ? (1 to 3193143 from scale line) | |