Paper, 'On calculating longitudes' by Henry Oldenburg
Reference number: CLP/8i/16
Date: c17th Century
Description
Henry Oldenburg here comments on someone else's suggestions for calculating longitude on the basis of the sun and a star. Although the text mentions the Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598-1671), Oldenburg seems to imply that he is not directly commenting on his book 'Geographiae et hydrographiae reformatae' [Reformed geography and hydrography] (Bologna, 1661). Includes two geometrical diagrams in the text.
Subject: Astronomy / Navigation
- Reference number
- CLP/8i/16
- Earliest possible date
- c17th Century
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Paper, 'On calculating longitudes' by Henry Oldenburg, c17th Century, CLP/8i/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_16/paper-on-calculating-longitudes-by-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 04 December 2024
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