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Paper, 'Observation of a solar eclipse on 15 July 1730, made at Pekin [Beijing] in the publick observatory of that royal city' by Ignatius Kegler and Andrew Pereyra

Reference number: CLP/8ii/34a

Date: 15 July 1730

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Kegler and Pereyra describe a solar eclipse observed on 15 July 1730, giving an account of the weather on the day as well.
Also includes observations of an eclipse of the satellites of Jupiter in December 1729. See CLP/8ii/34 for original paper in Latin.

Subject: Astronomy / Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observatio eclipsis solis die 15 Julij 1730. habita pekini in publico ejus Regiæ Observatorio à P. P. Ignatio Kegler, & Andrea Pereyra Societatis Jesu, communicata per Jacobum de Castro Sarmento, M. D. Coll. Med. Lond. Lic. & R. S. S.'

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CLP/8ii/34a
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15 July 1730
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4 pages
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Paper, 'Observation of a solar eclipse on 15 July 1730, made at Pekin [Beijing] in the publick observatory of that royal city' by Ignatius Kegler and Andrew Pereyra, 15 July 1730, CLP/8ii/34a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_34a/paper-observation-of-a-solar-eclipse-on-15-july-1730-made-at-pekin-beijing-in-the-publick-observatory-of-that-royal-city-by-ignatius-kegler-and-andrew-pereyra, accessed on 14 October 2024

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