Actors, networks and scientific instruments at the <i>Bureau des longitudes</i>
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal for the History of Astronomy
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1753-8556', '0021-8286']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00218286231176152