Paper, 'Four observations of the eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter made in the fort of New York for determining the longitude of that place. Its latitude was formerly determin'd to be 40°40'' by W [William] Burnet, C [Cadwallader] Colden and J [James] Alexander
Reference number: CLP/8i/76
Date: 09 August 1723
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The observations were made in the fort of New York on 9 August 1723.
Subject: Astronomy
Read to the Royal Society on 11 March 1724
Communicated by William Burnett, Governor of New York
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations of the Eslipses of the first Satellite of Jupiter, communicated by his excellecny William Burnet, Esq; Governor of New York, F. R. S'
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- 09 August 1723
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Paper, 'Four observations of the eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter made in the fort of New York for determining the longitude of that place. Its latitude was formerly determin'd to be 40°40'' by W [William] Burnet, C [Cadwallader] Colden and J [James] Alexander, 09 August 1723, CLP/8i/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_76/paper-four-observations-of-the-eclipses-of-the-first-satellite-of-jupiter-made-in-the-fort-of-new-york-for-determining-the-longitude-of-that-place-its-latitude-was-formerly-determind-to-be-4040-by-w-william-burnet-c-cadwallader-colden-and-j-james-alexander, accessed on 19 April 2025
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II. Observations of the Eslipses of the first Satellite of Jupiter, communicated by his excellecny William Burnet, Esq; Governor of New York, F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1724
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1724.0037
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