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Paper, 'Observatis eclipsis lunaris peracto Bostoniis' [Observations of the lunar eclipse observated at Boston, New England [USA] on 5 April 1707] by Thomas Brattle

Reference number: CLP/8i/61

Date: 10 November 1707

Description

The observation took place on the morning of 12 June 1694. The location was at the college at Cambridge [possibly Harvard], about 4 miles from Boston. A brass quadrant and a telescope were used. On reverse is a note from Warrington about Dr Woodward.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of some eclipses of the sun and moon, observed by Mr Tho. Brattle, at Cambridge, about four miles from Boston in New-England, whence the difference of longitude between Cambridge and London is determin'd, from an observation made of one of them at London'

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CLP/8i/61
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10 November 1707
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observatis eclipsis lunaris peracto Bostoniis' [Observations of the lunar eclipse observated at Boston, New England [USA] on 5 April 1707] by Thomas Brattle, 10 November 1707, CLP/8i/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_61/paper-observatis-eclipsis-lunaris-peracto-bostoniis-observations-of-the-lunar-eclipse-observated-at-boston-new-england-usa-on-5-april-1707-by-thomas-brattle, accessed on 21 March 2025

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