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TitlePaper, 'Immersions and emersions of the first satellite of Jupiter observed in the island of Anticosti, with deductions by the Astronomer Royal' by Thomas Wright
Date1773
DescriptionSubject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Immersions and emersions of Jupiter's first satellite, observed at Jupiter's inlet, on the Island of Anticosti, North America, by Mr. Thomas Wright, Deputy Surveyor General of Lands for the Northern District of America; and the longitude of the place, diduced from comparison with observations made at the Royal observatory at Greenwich, by the Astronomer Royal'

Read 20 January 1773
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1774.0025
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5553Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811)1732 - 1811
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