| RefNo | L&P/4/351 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'Of a new method of determining longitudes of places from observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites' from Peter William Wargentin to Nevil Maskelyne |
| Date | 6 July 1766 |
| Description | Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. Wargentin, F. R. S. and Secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm to the Rev. Mr Maskelyne, M. A. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal at Greenwich, containing an essay of a new method of determining the longitude of places, from observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites'
Read 11 December 1766 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 14p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1766.0035 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8350 | Wargentin; Pehr Wilhelm (1717 - 1783) | 1717 - 1783 |
| NA5553 | Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811) | 1732 - 1811 |