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THE presidential address of the British Astronomical Association was delivered on October 25 by Mr. B. M. Peek, who took for his subject the physical conditions of the planet Jupiter, and in particular the red spot. It is certain that Schwabe's drawings in 1831 showed this spot, and there is evidence that it was known from 1664, the date of Hooke's famous observation, until 1713, from which date a gap of more than a century exists in the records.
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The Great Red Spot on Jupiter. Nature 144, 987–988 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144987a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144987a0