4 0 c m
27cm
actual image size: 19cm x 32cm
Description
Engraving of a mechanical model of Saturn that showed how its phases changed according to its changing orientation to the Sun. Illustration from 'Saturn and its system' by Richard A Proctor (1837-1888), published in London in 1865.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10425389
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