3 4 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 26cm
Description
One of a set of teaching cards published by James Reynolds & Sons, London, England around 1851. Titled 'The Earth's Annual Revolution round the Sun', the chart was drawn and engraved by John Emslie. This astronomical diagram illustrates the mechanism causing the Earth's seasons as it makes its yearly pasage around the Sun.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10325706
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