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'
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- L&P/10/19
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- 1792
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- Ink on paper and four plates
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- 141 pages
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- 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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XVI. 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 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1792
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1792.0020
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