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'Conjectures for what purpose a Ring is given to Saturn' by J P Biester

Reference number: RBO/18/44

Date: 1733

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Figure of Saturn in text
Read to the Royal Society on 24 May 1733

Reference number
RBO/18/44
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1733
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4 pages
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'Conjectures for what purpose a Ring is given to Saturn' by J P Biester, 1733, RBO/18/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_18_44/conjectures-for-what-purpose-a-ring-is-given-to-saturn-by-j-p-biester, accessed on 15 July 2025

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