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Weidler describes a solar eclipse observed at Wittemberg [Germany] on 2 May 1733.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 20 December 1733

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Schema eclipseos Solaris paulo ante solis occasum observatæ, Vitembergæ Saxonum Die II do'

Reference number
CLP/4ii/10
Earliest possible date
02 May 1733
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Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Johann Friedrich Weidler

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Johann Friedrich Weidler, Paper, scheme of the solar eclipse by J F [Johann Friedrich] Weidler, 02 May 1733, CLP/4ii/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4ii_10/paper-scheme-of-the-solar-eclipse-by-j-f-johann-friedrich-weidler, accessed on 19 July 2026

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