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Paper, 'Mass and gravitation of Jupiter and the Earth' by unknown author

Reference number: L&P/2/232

Date: 1751

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 31 October 1751

Reference number
L&P/2/232
Earliest possible date
1751
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Mass and gravitation of Jupiter and the Earth' by unknown author, 1751, L&P/2/232, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_232/paper-mass-and-gravitation-of-jupiter-and-the-earth-by-unknown-author, accessed on 29 April 2025

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