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Paper, 'Concerning the observations of the eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter' by Mr Rook [Lawrence Rooke]

Reference number: CLP/8i/1

Date: 10 July 1661

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Rooke shares observations on the eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter, and the processes of finding astronomical longitude and latitude.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 10 July 1661

Reference number
CLP/8i/1
Earliest possible date
10 July 1661
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Ink on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Lawrence Rooke

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Lawrence Rooke, Paper, 'Concerning the observations of the eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter' by Mr Rook [Lawrence Rooke], 10 July 1661, CLP/8i/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_1/paper-concerning-the-observations-of-the-eclipses-of-the-satellites-of-jupiter-by-mr-rook-lawrence-rooke, accessed on 11 February 2025

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