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A circle, labelled in Latin, showing the movement of Mercury.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 4 February 1691

Reference number
CLP/8i/47/2
Earliest possible date
04 February 1691
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Diagram, observations of Mercury and Venus in 1690 by J P [Johann Philipp von] Wurzelbau, 04 February 1691, CLP/8i/47/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_47_2/diagram-observations-of-mercury-and-venus-in-1690-by-j-p-johann-philipp-von-wurzelbau, accessed on 21 March 2025

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