Paper, 'Conjectures for what purpose a ring is given to Saturn' by J P Biester
Reference number: CLP/8ii/43
Date: 10 May 1733
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Biester describes Saturn and its ring. He states that 'it is not likely, that the whole body of Saturn is inhabited; but this, that the places of habitation there, are but unto a certain distance from the equator, (as we find the same on our Earth), tho I am not to determine such a distance.' Include one diagram of Saturn in the text.
Subject: Astronomy
Read to the Royal Society on 10 May 1733
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- CLP/8ii/43
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- 10 May 1733
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- 4 pages
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Paper, 'Conjectures for what purpose a ring is given to Saturn' by J P Biester, 10 May 1733, CLP/8ii/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_43/paper-conjectures-for-what-purpose-a-ring-is-given-to-saturn-by-j-p-biester, accessed on 13 October 2024
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