Record

Reference numberCLP/8ii/8
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites from 10 July 1726 to 12 April 1725' by [Joseph Nicholas] de Lisle
Date28 July 1728
DescriptionExtract of a letter to the publisher. The author writes: 'Sir, I send you at present all the observations of the satellites of Jupiter that I have made here the two last times of his appearance; and I don't question but there will be number sufficient to settle the difference of our meridians, by comparing them with the observations made in England.' The observations are made at Peterborough [England].

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 31 October 1728

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Extract of a letter to the publisher from Mons. De Lisle, Astronomer Royal at Petersburgh, containing his observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites from July 10th, 1726, to April 12th, 1728, taken at that place'
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1729.0007
Related records in the catalogueRBO/13/83
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