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'The Configurations of Jupiter's Satellites at the Times when such of their Eclipses as are Visible at London will happen in the Year 1737 by James Hodgson'

Reference number: RBO/20/3

Date: 1736

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Table with configurations
At bottom of page is inscription: 'In these Forms will the Satellites appear, if they could be seen with the naked Eye; but if they are view'd thro' a Telescope compos'd of two convex Glasses, the Order will inverted'

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RBO/20/3
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1736
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1 page
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Engraving

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'The Configurations of Jupiter's Satellites at the Times when such of their Eclipses as are Visible at London will happen in the Year 1737 by James Hodgson', 1736, RBO/20/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_20_3/the-configurations-of-jupiters-satellites-at-the-times-when-such-of-their-eclipses-as-are-visible-at-london-will-happen-in-the-year-1737-by-james-hodgson, accessed on 17 April 2026

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