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RefNoCLP/8ii/30
LevelItem
TitleLetter, regarding astronomical observations made in Peking [Beijing] from J B [Joanne Baptista] Carbone to Jacob de Castro Sarmento
Date1730
DescriptionThe letter comprises observations of the Moon with stars between November 1728 to November 1729 and the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 18 February 1730

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observationes cœlestes multifariœ inter menses Novemb. 1727, & Novemb. 1728, pekini in sinis, habitœ & ad Rev. P. Joannem Baptistam Carbone, Soc. Jes. transmissœ. Ex eadem epistola descriptœ'
LanguageLatin
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1729.0050
RBO/15/58
RelatedRecordCLP/8ii/26
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3522Carbone; Joanne Baptista (- c 1750) - c 1750
NA7618Castro Sarmento; Jacob de (1692 - 1762)1692 - 1762
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