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Observations by Monsignor Bianchini in a letter of William Derham to Sir Thomas Dereham

Reference number: RBO/14/68

Date: 1729

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Concerning the eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter for determining differences in longitude

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RBO/14/68
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1729
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Observations by Monsignor Bianchini in a letter of William Derham to Sir Thomas Dereham, 1729, RBO/14/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_68/observations-by-monsignor-bianchini-in-a-letter-of-william-derham-to-sir-thomas-dereham, accessed on 17 July 2025

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