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Paper, 'The longitude of Lisbon and the Fort of New York from Wanstead and London determin'd by eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter' by James Bradley

Reference number: CLP/8ii/2

Date: 30 June 1736

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Bradley compares the eclipse observations made from the various sites.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 30 June 1736

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The longitude of Lisbon, and the Fort of New York, from Wansted and London, determin'd by eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter'

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CLP/8ii/2
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30 June 1736
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Ink on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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James Bradley

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James Bradley, Paper, 'The longitude of Lisbon and the Fort of New York from Wanstead and London determin'd by eclipses of the first satellite of Jupiter' by James Bradley, 30 June 1736, CLP/8ii/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_2/paper-the-longitude-of-lisbon-and-the-fort-of-new-york-from-wanstead-and-london-determind-by-eclipses-of-the-first-satellite-of-jupiter-by-james-bradley, accessed on 13 October 2024

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