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Molyneux shares a table of data relating to an eclipse of the Moon observed in Dublin from 9.15 to 12.04.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 8 December 1686

Reference number
CLP/8i/36
Earliest possible date
19 November 1686
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Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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William Molyneux

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William Molyneux, Paper, regarding a lunar eclipse witnessed on 19 November 1686 at Dublin by William Molyneux, 19 November 1686, CLP/8i/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_36/paper-regarding-a-lunar-eclipse-witnessed-on-19-november-1686-at-dublin-by-william-molyneux, accessed on 13 September 2024

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