Halley’s eclipse map of 1715
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Halley’s eclipse map of 1715 is a pioneering scientific chart created by astronomer Edmund Halley to predict and depict the path of a total solar eclipse across England with unprecedented accuracy.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Halley’s eclipse map of 1715 Context triple: [Edmund Halley, knownFor, Halley’s eclipse map of 1715]
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Halley’s eclipse map of 1715 Target entity description: Halley’s eclipse map of 1715 is a pioneering scientific chart created by astronomer Edmund Halley to predict and depict the path of a total solar eclipse across England with unprecedented accuracy.
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A.
Great Comet of 1577
The Great Comet of 1577 was a bright, widely observed comet whose precise measurements by Tycho Brahe helped demonstrate that comets travel through the celestial spheres, challenging the prevailing Aristotelian cosmology.
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B.
Rudolphine Tables
The Rudolphine Tables are a landmark 17th-century star catalog and set of astronomical tables compiled by Johannes Kepler, renowned for their unprecedented accuracy in predicting planetary positions.
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C.
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula (world map)
Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica ac Hydrographica Tabula is a richly decorated 17th-century world map renowned as one of the masterpieces of Dutch Golden Age cartography.
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D.
Annus Mirabilis of 1759
The Annus Mirabilis of 1759 refers to a year during the Seven Years' War in which Britain achieved a series of major military and naval victories that significantly shifted the balance of power in its favor.
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E.
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum is a pioneering 16th-century world atlas by Abraham Ortelius, often regarded as the first modern atlas for systematically compiling uniform maps of the known world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
eclipse map
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historical map ⓘ scientific chart ⓘ |
| aimedTo |
inform the public about the eclipse
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predict geographical band of totality ⓘ predict timing of totality ⓘ |
| appliesToEvent |
total solar eclipse of 14 May 1715 (New Style)
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total solar eclipse of 3 May 1715 (Old Style) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Newtonian celestial mechanics
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observations of lunar and solar motions ⓘ |
| countryOfFocus | England ⓘ |
| creator | Edmund Halley ⓘ |
| depicts |
path of a total solar eclipse
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path of the 1715 total solar eclipse across England ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Proceedings of the Royal Society
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surface form:
proceedings and publications of the Royal Society
|
| hasAccuracy | errors of only a few miles in many locations ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Halley’s eclipse map of 1715
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surface form:
Halley’s 1715 eclipse chart
Halley’s eclipse map of 1715 ⓘ
surface form:
Halley’s map of the 1715 total solar eclipse
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| hasAuthorRole | Edmund Halley as Astronomer Royal ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
example of Enlightenment-era science communication
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milestone in scientific mapping of celestial events ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
band marking the path of totality
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explanatory text by Edmund Halley ⓘ lines or annotations for times of contact ⓘ place names along the eclipse path ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
astronomical map
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scientific popularization ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
astronomy
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cartography ⓘ eclipse prediction ⓘ scientific visualization ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Halley’s eclipse map of 1715
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
A Description of the Passage of the Shadow of the Moon over England in the Total Eclipse of the Sun May 3, 1715
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| historicalPeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
later eclipse cartography
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public perception of eclipses as predictable phenomena ⓘ |
| medium | printed map ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early quantitative prediction of eclipse path
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public communication of eclipse path ⓘ unprecedented accuracy for its time ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1715 ⓘ |
| relatedTo | development of predictive astronomy in Britain ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Edmund Halley’s later eclipse predictions ⓘ |
| usedFor |
guiding observers to locations of totality
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testing accuracy of gravitational theories ⓘ |
| usesCoordinateSystem | geographical coordinates of England ⓘ |
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Subject: Halley’s eclipse map of 1715 Description of subject: Halley’s eclipse map of 1715 is a pioneering scientific chart created by astronomer Edmund Halley to predict and depict the path of a total solar eclipse across England with unprecedented accuracy.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
A Description of the Passage of the Shadow of the Moon over England in the Total Eclipse of the Sun May 3, 1715
this entity surface form:
Halley’s 1715 eclipse chart
this entity surface form:
Halley’s map of the 1715 total solar eclipse