XXIX. The difference of longitude between the Royal Observatory of Greenwich and Paris, determined by the observations of the transits of Mercury over the Sun in the years 1723, 1736, 1743, and 1753: By James Short, M.A. F. R. S

DOI10.1098/rstl.1763.0030zbMath1250.86008OpenAlexW4256721996MaRDI QIDQ4648616

James Short

Publication date: 10 November 2012

Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1763.0030

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geodesy, mapping problems (86A30) Astronomy and astrophysics (85A99)

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