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Rooke shares observations on the eclipses of the satellites of Jupiter, and the processes of finding astronomical longitude and latitude.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 10 July 1661

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RBO/2i/3
Earliest possible date
10 July 1661
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Lawrence Rooke

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Lawrence Rooke, 'Mr Rook's Discourse concerning the Observations of the Eclipses of the Satellites of Jupiter', 10 July 1661, RBO/2i/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2i_3/mr-rooks-discourse-concerning-the-observations-of-the-eclipses-of-the-satellites-of-jupiter, accessed on 02 December 2024

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