'Projection of the eclipse of the Sun, October 29, 878, in the time of King Alfred' Size:M: 60 x 45cm the former Liberal leader

the former Liberal leader

A second great avenue runs from the Tower to converge with the first at St Pauls Cathedral

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The start of a school boat race

'Projection of the eclipse of the Sun, October 29, 878, in the time of King Alfred' Size:M: 60 x 45cm the former Liberal leaderProjected appearance of the solar eclipse as viewed from London, using Ferguson's method of projection. Inscribed with the title above and inscribed '(Total at London)'. Additional notes appear verso, commencing: 'Among the medieval eclipses of interest in our own land, this one must have a place. It is just mentioned in the Saxon Chronicle. Tycho Brahe, in the 'Historia Celestis' refers to it' Original: ink on paper. 1882