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RefNoCLP/8ii/34a
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Observation of a solar eclipse on 15 July 1730, made at Pekin [Beijing] in the publick observatory of that royal city' by Ignatius Kegler and Andrew Pereyra
Date1730
DescriptionKegler and Pereyra describe a solar eclipse observed on 15 July 1730, giving an account of the weather on the day as well.
Also includes observations of an eclipse of the satellites of Jupiter in December 1729. See CLP/8ii/34 for original paper in Latin.

Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observatio eclipsis solis die 15 Julij 1730. habita pekini in publico ejus Regiæ Observatorio à P. P. Ignatio Kegler, & Andrea Pereyra Societatis Jesu, communicata per Jacobum de Castro Sarmento, M. D. Coll. Med. Lond. Lic. & R. S. S.'
LanguageEnglish
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0029
RelatedRecordCLP/8ii/34
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