Paper, 'Immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites observed in 1768 near Gaspel Bason' by George Sproule
Reference number: L&P/6/19
Date: 1773
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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
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- 1773
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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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XXII. 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 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1774
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1774.0022
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