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Paper, regarding observations of lunar eclipse on 13 February 1729 and satellites of Jupiter in 1729 both witnessed in Paris by J B [Joanne Baptista] Carbone

Reference number: CLP/8ii/15

Date: 13 February 1729

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Baptista presents observations of the lunar eclipse witnessed at Rome and Paris on 13 February 1729, and observations of the satellites of Jupiter witnessed at Paris in 1728.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 30 October 1729

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CLP/8ii/15
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13 February 1729
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Joanne Baptista Carbone

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Joanne Baptista Carbone, Paper, regarding observations of lunar eclipse on 13 February 1729 and satellites of Jupiter in 1729 both witnessed in Paris by J B [Joanne Baptista] Carbone, 13 February 1729, CLP/8ii/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_15/paper-regarding-observations-of-lunar-eclipse-on-13-february-1729-and-satellites-of-jupiter-in-1729-both-witnessed-in-paris-by-j-b-joanne-baptista-carbone, accessed on 07 March 2026

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