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Paper, 'Typus eclipsis solaris observatae July 1730' [A type of solar eclipse observed on 15 July 1730 at Witteberg by J [Johann Friedrich] Weidler

Reference number: CLP/8ii/29

Date: 15 July 1730

Description

Weidler describes the solar eclipse as seen from Wittenberg [Germany]. Includes a diagram of the eclipse.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 26 November 1730

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Typus eclipseos solaris observatæ Julii 15, S. N. 4, S. V. Anno 1730. Witebergæ Saxonum, à Joh. Frider. Weidler, J. U. D. Mathem. Prof. Ordin. Reg. Soc. Scientiar. Pruss. Sodali.'

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CLP/8ii/29
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15 July 1730
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2 pages
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Johann Friedrich Weidler, Paper, 'Typus eclipsis solaris observatae July 1730' [A type of solar eclipse observed on 15 July 1730 at Witteberg by J [Johann Friedrich] Weidler, 15 July 1730, CLP/8ii/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_29/paper-typus-eclipsis-solaris-observatae-july-1730-a-type-of-solar-eclipse-observed-on-15-july-1730-at-witteberg-by-j-johann-friedrich-weidler, accessed on 05 October 2024

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