Paper, 'Observations of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's first satellite at Funchal' by Thomas Heberden
Reference number: L&P/5/200
Date: 19 December 1769
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations of immersions and emersions of Jupiter's first satellite, made at Funchal, in Madeira, with a reflecting telescope of 18 inches focus, made by Mr. Short. The time was found by taking equal altitudes, with a quadrant of 12 inches radius, made by Mr. Bird, and with the help of a good pendulum clock made in London'
Read 13 December 1770
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- L&P/5/200
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- 19 December 1769
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Thomas Heberden, Paper, 'Observations of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's first satellite at Funchal' by Thomas Heberden, 19 December 1769, L&P/5/200, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_200/paper-observations-of-the-immersions-and-emersions-of-jupiters-first-satellite-at-funchal-by-thomas-heberden, accessed on 15 May 2025
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Date: 31st December 1771
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1770.0044
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