Though the essay did not earn him a place in Ferdinand's court, it did detail a new method for measuring lunar eclipses, which he applied during the July 10 eclipse in Graz.
虽然这篇文章并未使他在费迪南宫廷获得职位，但是却详细介绍了一种测量月食的新方法，他将这种方法运用到了7月10日格拉茨的月食现象。