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RefNoCLP/7i/41
LevelItem
TitlePaper, regarding reflections on [Isaak] Vossius's theory of longitude by Henry Justel
Date1688
DescriptionJustel explains that Vossius believed that longitude of places could not be justly defined either by the eclipses of the Sun, moon or satellites of Jupiter.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 17 June 1688
LanguageFrench
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialJBO/8/217
RelatedRecordCLP/7i/42
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8207Vossius; Isaacus (1618 - 1689); philologist and author1618 - 1689
NA6104Justel; Henry (1620 - ? 1693); librarian1620 - ? 1693
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