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Paper, 'Observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites in 1754' by John Chevalier

Reference number: L&P/2/580

Date: 1755

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observationes eclipsium satellitum Jovis habitœ ulissipone in regio collegio beatissimœ virginis à necessitatibus nuncupatœ, à Joanne Chevalier Cong. Oratorii & Regalis Societ. Lond. Socio, Anno 1754'

Read 27 February 1755

Reference number
L&P/2/580
Earliest possible date
1755
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Chevalier

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John Chevalier, Paper, 'Observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites in 1754' by John Chevalier, 1755, L&P/2/580, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_580/paper-observations-of-the-eclipses-of-jupiters-satellites-in-1754-by-john-chevalier, accessed on 20 January 2025

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