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Paper, 'Memoire sur l'epoque et le mouvement des monds de Jupiter [On the epocha and the motion of the nodes of Jupiter]' by Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre

Reference number: L&P/9/22

Date: 1786

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8 pages in French and 4 pages in English.

Subject: Astronomy

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L&P/9/22
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1786
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Ink on paper
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12 pages
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Manuscript

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Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre

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Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Paper, 'Memoire sur l'epoque et le mouvement des monds de Jupiter [On the epocha and the motion of the nodes of Jupiter]' by Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, 1786, L&P/9/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_22/paper-memoire-sur-lepoque-et-le-mouvement-des-monds-de-jupiter-on-the-epocha-and-the-motion-of-the-nodes-of-jupiter-by-jean-baptiste-joseph-delambre, accessed on 20 June 2025

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