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Paper, observations of Jupiter from Peking [Beijing] by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/8i/52

Date: 1695

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Observations of Jupiter made in 1695 in Beijing. The Jesuit Ignatius Kogler is possibly the observer.

Subject: Astronomy

Reference number
CLP/8i/52
Earliest possible date
1695
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, observations of Jupiter from Peking [Beijing] by unknown author, 1695, CLP/8i/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_52/paper-observations-of-jupiter-from-peking-beijing-by-unknown-author, accessed on 01 December 2024

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