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Paper, 'Observatio eclipsis lunae totalis anno 1729' [Observations of the total lunar eclipse of 1729] by J F [Johann Friedrich] Weidler

Reference number: CLP/8ii/17

Date: 1729

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Weidler describes the lunar eclipse of 9 August 1729 as observed from Wittenberg [Germany].

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 6 November 1729

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observationes quædam Eclipseos Lunaris Die 29 Julii habitæ A. D. 1729'

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CLP/8ii/17
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1729
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Johann Friedrich Weidler

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Johann Friedrich Weidler, Paper, 'Observatio eclipsis lunae totalis anno 1729' [Observations of the total lunar eclipse of 1729] by J F [Johann Friedrich] Weidler, 1729, CLP/8ii/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_17/paper-observatio-eclipsis-lunae-totalis-anno-1729-observations-of-the-total-lunar-eclipse-of-1729-by-j-f-johann-friedrich-weidler, accessed on 14 October 2024

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