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The authors present observations of the lunar eclipse at regular time intervals.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 28 May 1707

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CLP/8i/62
Earliest possible date
17 April 1707
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Caspar Scheuchzer

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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

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John Caspar Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Paper, regarding a lunar eclipse witnessed on 17 April 1707 by John Jacob Scheuchzer and John Gaspar Scheuchzer, 17 April 1707, CLP/8i/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_62/paper-regarding-a-lunar-eclipse-witnessed-on-17-april-1707-by-john-jacob-scheuchzer-and-john-gaspar-scheuchzer, accessed on 10 February 2025

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