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Reference numberCLP/8ii/4
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites from 1700 to 1727' by William Derham
Date1727
DescriptionDerham writes: 'As exact tables to calculate the eclipses of the satellites, would be of very great service to find the longitude of places; so I have some hope that these observations of some of them, in more revolutions that one of Jupiter, may be of use to correct or make such Tables.'

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 14 December 1727

Communicated by Hans Sloane

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations of the eclipses of Jupiter’s satellites, from 1700, to the year 1727'
LanguageEnglish
Extent25p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1727.0032
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8406Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector1660 - 1753
NA6239Derham; William (1657 - 1735); naturalist1657 - 1735
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