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Paper, 'Observations on the atmosphere of Venus and the moon, their densities, perpendicular heights and the twilight occasioned by them' by Johann Jerome Schroester

Reference number: L&P/10/19

Date: 1792

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74 pages in German, with 63 papers of English translation. Contains four plates.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the atmospheres of Venus and the Moon, their respective densities, perpendicular heights, and the Twilight occasioned by them. By John Jerome Schroeter, Esq. of Lilienthal, in the Dutchy of Bremen. translated from the German'

Read 14 June 1792

Reference number
L&P/10/19
Earliest possible date
1792
Physical description
Ink on paper and four plates
Page extent
141 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observations on the atmosphere of Venus and the moon, their densities, perpendicular heights and the twilight occasioned by them' by Johann Jerome Schroester, 1792, L&P/10/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_19/paper-observations-on-the-atmosphere-of-venus-and-the-moon-their-densities-perpendicular-heights-and-the-twilight-occasioned-by-them-by-johann-jerome-schroester, accessed on 08 July 2025

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