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Subject: Astronomy / Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Direct and expeditious methods of calculating the excentric from the mean anomaly of a planet'.

Communicated by Sir Joseph Banks. Read 15 February 1816.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.

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PT/10/7
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1816
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Ink on paper
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13 pages
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Manuscript

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Abraham Robertson

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Abraham Robertson, Paper, 'Direct and expeditious methods of calculating the excentric from the mean anomaly of a planet' by Abram [Abraham] Robertson, 1816, PT/10/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_10_7/paper-direct-and-expeditious-methods-of-calculating-the-excentric-from-the-mean-anomaly-of-a-planet-by-abram-abraham-robertson, accessed on 09 December 2025

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