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Paper, 'On an inequality of long period in the motion of the earth and Venus' by George Biddell Airy

Reference number: PT/20/3

Date: 08 November 1831

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On an inequality of long period in the motions of the Earth and Venus'.

Written by Airy in the Observatory, Cambridge. Read 24 November 1831.

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 3, 1837.

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PT/20/3
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08 November 1831
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Ink on paper
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44 pages
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Manuscript

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George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Paper, 'On an inequality of long period in the motion of the earth and Venus' by George Biddell Airy, 08 November 1831, PT/20/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_20_3/paper-on-an-inequality-of-long-period-in-the-motion-of-the-earth-and-venus-by-george-biddell-airy, accessed on 15 October 2024

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