Selenoscope by Henry Perigal

Selenoscope side-view
Selenoscope side-view
Credit
Royal Astronomical Society
Licence type
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Object Type
Selenoscope
RAS Reference Number
114b
Category
Miscellaneous
Description

Selenoscope by Henry Perigal. Paper(?) and brass. Used to "demonstrate the kinematic effects of the three hypotheses of the Moon's motion, as a Satellite of the Earth". The Selenoscope consists of a model of the earth and three moon globes.

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Producer (maker/artist)
Henry Perigal
Associations
Perigal, Henry, 1801-1898