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RefNoCLP/8ii/43
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'Conjectures for what purpose a ring is given to Saturn' by J P Biester
Date1733
DescriptionBiester describes Saturn and its ring. He states that 'it is not likely, that the whole body of Saturn is inhabited; but this, that the places of habitation there, are but unto a certain distance from the equator, (as we find the same on our Earth), tho I am not to determine such a distance.' Include one diagram of Saturn in the text.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 10 May 1733
LanguageEnglish
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordRBO/18/44
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