RefNo | CLP/7i/42 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, on longitude by [Isaak] Vossius |
Date | [17th Century] |
Description | Vossius responds to the objections of Mr de la Chapelle, explaining his belief that longitude of places cannot be justly defined either by the eclipses of sun, moon or satellites of Jupiter.
Subject: Astronomy
Read to the Royal Society on 18 July 1688 |
Language | Latin |
Extent | 8p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | JBO/8/223 |
RelatedRecord | CLP/7i/41 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8207 | Vossius; Isaacus (1618 - 1689); philologist and author | 1618 - 1689 |