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TitleLetter, 'As to an astronomical discovery - a new method of calculating eclipses' from Christian Louis Gersten to Cromwell Mortimer
Date3 March 1744
Description21 pages in Latin with tables.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Methodus nova calculi eclipsium terræ specialis; vel quorumcunque occursuum lunæ cum stellis, tam errantibus quam inerrantibus: Auctore Christiano Ludovico Gersten, R. S. Sod. & Math. Prof. in Academia Giesensi'

Read 10 May 1744
LanguageLatin
Extent23p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3390Gersten; Christian Ludwig (1701 - 1762)1701 - 1762
NA8055Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752)c 1699 - 1752
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