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Philippe de la Hire’s eighteenth century eclipse predictor

Gislén, Lars LU orcid and Eade, Chris J. (2016) In Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage 19(1). p.46-50
Abstract
We investigate the workings of an early eighteenth century instrument for predicting eclipses described by the French astronomer de la Hire in his book Tabulae Astronomicae.
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