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Paper, 'Observation of an eclipse of the moon on 25 April 1688 at Moscow in Russia' by Edmond Halley

Reference number: CLP/21/21

Date: 1688

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Compared with eclipses observed in Leipzig and trying to ascertain longitude. Read to the Royal Society on 27 June 1688.

Subject: Astronomy

Reference number
CLP/21/21
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1688
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Edmond Halley

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Edmond Halley, Paper, 'Observation of an eclipse of the moon on 25 April 1688 at Moscow in Russia' by Edmond Halley, 1688, CLP/21/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_21_21/paper-observation-of-an-eclipse-of-the-moon-on-25-april-1688-at-moscow-in-russia-by-edmond-halley, accessed on 10 December 2024

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    Dates: 1592-1741

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