RefNo | AP/16/3 |
Previous numbers | AP.16.3 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished paper, 'An inquiry into the cause of the lunar librations and the reality of its motion about its centre of gravity or axis - in which it will appear that this rotary motion of the moon is entirely imaginary and that the librations of the moon have never been explained' by unknown author |
Date | 1835 |
Description | A theoretical paper proposing that the moon has no rotation about any axis through its own centre of gravity.
Subject: Astronomy |
Extent | 43p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8383 | Cassini; Jean Dominique (1625 - 1712); astronomer | 1625 - 1712 |