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'The Difference in Time of the Meridians of diverse places computed from Observations of the Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites' by William Derham

Reference number: RBO/14/9

Date: 1729

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Observations from Bianchini at Rome, Carbone at Lisbon, Manfredi at Bologna, Grammatici at Ingolstad, Maraldi at Paris, Molyneux at London, Derham at Wanstead
Read to the Royal Society on 6 February 1729

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RBO/14/9
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1729
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8 pages
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'The Difference in Time of the Meridians of diverse places computed from Observations of the Eclipses of Jupiter's Satellites' by William Derham, 1729, RBO/14/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_9/the-difference-in-time-of-the-meridians-of-diverse-places-computed-from-observations-of-the-eclipses-of-jupiters-satellites-by-william-derham, accessed on 11 September 2024

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