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Reference numberCLP/8ii/2
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'The longitude of Lisbon and the Fort of New York from Wanstead and London determin'd by eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter' by James Bradley
Date1736
DescriptionBradley compares the eclipse observations made from the various sites.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 30 June 1736

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The longitude of Lisbon, and the Fort of New York, from Wansted and London, determin'd by eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter'
LanguageEnglish
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1726.0013
Related records in the catalogueRBO/12/34
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8376Bradley; James (1693 - 1762)1693 - 1762
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