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Paper, regarding a solution to the Kepler problem by John Keill

Reference number: CLP/8i/64

Date: 1712

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Keill writes on the two-body problem and the movement of planets.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 3 October 1712

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CLP/8i/64
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1712
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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John Keill

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John Keill, Paper, regarding a solution to the Kepler problem by John Keill, 1712, CLP/8i/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_64/paper-regarding-a-solution-to-the-kepler-problem-by-john-keill, accessed on 14 January 2025

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