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Letter, regarding a theory for calculating certain places of the planets from unknown author to Hans Sloane

Reference number: CLP/8i/53

Date: 1696

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The author writes on the need for trigonometrical equations to correctly calculate the location of the Moon, and how this can be used to calculate the locations of the planets.

Subject: Astronomy / Mathematics

Read to the Royal Society on 6 January 1696

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CLP/8i/53
Earliest possible date
1696
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, regarding a theory for calculating certain places of the planets from unknown author to Hans Sloane, 1696, CLP/8i/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_53/letter-regarding-a-theory-for-calculating-certain-places-of-the-planets-from-unknown-author-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 05 October 2024

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