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Paper, 'On the problem of three bodies' by Rev J [James] Challis

Reference number: PT/53/7

Date: 10 May 1856

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the problem of three bodies'.

Written by Challis at the Cambridge Observatory. Received by the Royal Society on 15 May 1856. Read 22 May 1856.

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 8, 1857.

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PT/53/7
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10 May 1856
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34 pages
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Manuscript

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James Challis

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James Challis, Paper, 'On the problem of three bodies' by Rev J [James] Challis, 10 May 1856, PT/53/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_53_7/paper-on-the-problem-of-three-bodies-by-rev-j-james-challis, accessed on 10 December 2024

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