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RefNoCLP/7i/42
LevelItem
TitlePaper, on longitude by [Isaak] Vossius
Date[17th Century]
DescriptionVossius responds to the objections of Mr de la Chapelle, explaining his belief that longitude of places cannot be justly defined either by the eclipses of sun, moon or satellites of Jupiter.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 18 July 1688
LanguageLatin
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialJBO/8/223
RelatedRecordCLP/7i/41
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8207Vossius; Isaacus (1618 - 1689); philologist and author1618 - 1689
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