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Zanotti, Eustachio, 1709 - 1782 (astronomer)

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Astronomical equations and tables, 1761

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/289
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Tables of altitudes at Cambridge, Eustachio Zanotti's observations of the transit of Venus of 1761, parallax of the Sun by transit observations, 'Halley's problem', and the problems of converting from heliocentric to geocentric longitudes.

Dates: 1761
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