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Paper, 'Sciothericum Telescopicum or a new contrivance of adapting a telescope to an horizontal dial for observing the moment of time by day or night' by William Molyneux

Reference number: CLP/22i/33

Date: 1687

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Printed at Dublin in 1686.

Subject: Astronomy

Reference number
CLP/22i/33
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1687
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Molyneux

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William Molyneux, Paper, 'Sciothericum Telescopicum or a new contrivance of adapting a telescope to an horizontal dial for observing the moment of time by day or night' by William Molyneux, 1687, CLP/22i/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22i_33/paper-sciothericum-telescopicum-or-a-new-contrivance-of-adapting-a-telescope-to-an-horizontal-dial-for-observing-the-moment-of-time-by-day-or-night-by-william-molyneux, accessed on 13 October 2024

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