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RefNoL&P/2/345
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Traite de la precession des equinoxes [Processes of the precession of the equinoxes]' by Guillaume de Saint-Jacques de Silvabelle
Date1752
DescriptionSubject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A treatise on the precession of the equinoxes, and in general on the motion of the nodes, and the alteration of the inclination of the orbit of a planet to the ecliptic. Inscribed to the gentlemen of the Royal Society, by M. De St. Jaques Silvabelle.'

Read 6 February 1752
Extent39p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1753.0058
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