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Paper, regarding the occultation of the Venus by the Moon on 29 September 1729 extracted from J F [Johann Friedrich] Weidler's diary

Reference number: CLP/8ii/23

Date: 1729

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Weidler observes the movement of the Moon and Venus.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 15 June 1729 [1730]

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Occultatio veneris à lunâ subeunte Berolini visa die 19 Septembris 1729, N. S. p. mer. à d. Kirchio. Ex diario meteorologico (M. S.) J. Fred Weidleri, L. L. D. & Math. Prof. Prim. Wittembergæ'

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CLP/8ii/23
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1729
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Johann Friedrich Weidler

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Johann Friedrich Weidler, Paper, regarding the occultation of the Venus by the Moon on 29 September 1729 extracted from J F [Johann Friedrich] Weidler's diary, 1729, CLP/8ii/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_23/paper-regarding-the-occultation-of-the-venus-by-the-moon-on-29-september-1729-extracted-from-j-f-johann-friedrich-weidlers-diary, accessed on 14 October 2024

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