Letter, 'Of a new method of determining longitudes of places from observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites' from Peter William Wargentin to Nevil Maskelyne
Reference number: L&P/4/351
Date: 06 July 1766

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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. Wargentin, F. R. S. and Secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm to the Rev. Mr Maskelyne, M. A. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal at Greenwich, containing an essay of a new method of determining the longitude of places, from observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites'
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- L&P/4/351
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- 06 July 1766
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- 14 pages
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Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Letter, 'Of a new method of determining longitudes of places from observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites' from Peter William Wargentin to Nevil Maskelyne, 06 July 1766, L&P/4/351, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_351/letter-of-a-new-method-of-determining-longitudes-of-places-from-observations-of-the-eclipses-of-jupiters-satellites-from-peter-william-wargentin-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 10 February 2025
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XXXIV. A letter from Mr. Wargentin, F. R. S. and Secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm to the Rev. Mr Maskelyne, M. A. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal at Greenwich, containing an essay of a new method of determining the longitude of places, from observations of the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1766
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1766.0035
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