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Paper, 'The late observations of Saturn' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: CLP/8i/18

Date: 11 July 1666

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Description of observations of Saturn by Robert Hooke, observations made with a 60-foot telescope on 29 June 1666 between 11 and 12pm. Describes the rings appearing lighter than the body of the planet. Figure in text.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 11 July 1666, and ordered to be registered

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Some observations, lately made at London, of the planet Jupiter: as also of Saturn.'

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CLP/8i/18
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11 July 1666
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Graphite pencil on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'The late observations of Saturn' by Robert Hooke, 11 July 1666, CLP/8i/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_18/paper-the-late-observations-of-saturn-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 10 February 2025

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