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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations of the immersions and emersions of the satellites of Jupiter, taken in the year 1768, by Ensign George Sproule, of his Majesty's 59th regiment, on the south point of the entrance of Gaspee Bason, which bears from Cape Ferrilong, or the cape forming the bay to the northward, N. 68¼ W. by the true meridian, distant 12¼ marine miles'

Read 20 January 1774

Reference number
L&P/6/19
Earliest possible date
1773
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites observed in 1768 near Gaspel Bason' by George Sproule, 1773, L&P/6/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_19/paper-immersions-and-emersions-of-jupiters-satellites-observed-in-1768-near-gaspel-bason-by-george-sproule, accessed on 12 May 2026

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