Paper, 'The phenomena of Venus shown in an orrery' by James Ferguson

Reference number: L&P/1/470

Date: 1746

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The phænomena of Venus, represented in an orrery made by Mr. James Ferguson, agreeable to the observations of Seignior Bianchini'

Read 20 March 1746

Reference number: L&P/1/470
Earliest possible date: 1746
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 8 pages
Format: Manuscript

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James Ferguson

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James Ferguson, Paper, 'The phenomena of Venus shown in an orrery' by James Ferguson, 1746, L&P/1/470, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_470/paper-the-phenomena-of-venus-shown-in-an-orrery-by-james-ferguson, accessed on 19 April 2025

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VI. The phænomena of Venus, represented in an orrery made by Mr. James Ferguson, agreeable to the observations of Seignior Bianchini External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1746

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1746.0027

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 1 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1746 Reference number: L&P/1

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