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Paper, regarding observations of Jupiter's satellites and Saturn's rings with reflecting telescope by John Hadley

Reference number: CLP/8i/67

Date: 06 April 1721

Description

Recounts the observations of the shadows cast on Jupiter and Saturn by their satellites, and the the shadow cast by Saturn on it rings.

Subject: Astronomy

Extracted from the minutes of 6 April 1721

Read to the Royal Society on 6 April 1721

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observation on the Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn, made with the same telescope'

Reference number
CLP/8i/67
Earliest possible date
06 April 1721
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Hadley

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John Hadley, Paper, regarding observations of Jupiter's satellites and Saturn's rings with reflecting telescope by John Hadley, 06 April 1721, CLP/8i/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_67/paper-regarding-observations-of-jupiters-satellites-and-saturns-rings-with-reflecting-telescope-by-john-hadley, accessed on 09 February 2025

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