Letter, from George Christopher Eimmart to the Royal Society, dated at Nuremburg

Reference number: EL/E/8

Date: 01 January 1687

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Covering letter enclosing two papers - one with observations of the transit of Saturn and the moon observed from Nuremburg on 19 February 1687, and the other paper with observations of the occult of Saturn (concealing a moon by passing or being in front of it) which occurred on 19 March 1687
Papers attached with tables and figures

Reference number: EL/E/8
Earliest possible date: 01 January 1687
Page extent: 5 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Georg Christoph Eimmart

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Georg Christoph Eimmart, Letter, from George Christopher Eimmart to the Royal Society, dated at Nuremburg, 01 January 1687, EL/E/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_e_8/letter-from-george-christopher-eimmart-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-nuremburg, accessed on 14 May 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters E
1660-1735 Reference number: EL/E

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