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Phases of a lunar eclipse accompanying a table of observations by Johann Philipp von Wurzelbau (1651-1725) on 14 March 1690 at Nuremberg. This paper is marked as having been read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 6 August 1690, but is not recorded in the Journal Book.

Subject: Astronomy

Reference number
CLP/8i/45
Earliest possible date
1690
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, observations of the partial lunar eclipse witnessed at Nuremberg [Germany] on 14 March 1690 by J P Wurzelbaur, 1690, CLP/8i/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_45/paper-observations-of-the-partial-lunar-eclipse-witnessed-at-nuremberg-germany-on-14-march-1690-by-j-p-wurzelbaur, accessed on 04 November 2024

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