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Paper, 'Of reforming the yeare' by Peter du Moulin

Reference number: CLP/16/9

Date: 20 May 1668

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Moulin discusses the transition between the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

Subject: Calendar

Read to the Royal Society on 26 May 1668

Written at Canterbury [England]

Reference number
CLP/16/9
Earliest possible date
20 May 1668
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of reforming the yeare' by Peter du Moulin, 20 May 1668, CLP/16/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_16_9/paper-of-reforming-the-yeare-by-peter-du-moulin, accessed on 20 March 2025

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