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Paper, regarding the solar eclipse on 27 November 1722 by Edmond Halley

Reference number: CLP/8i/69

Date: 06 December 1722

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Halley presents observations beginning at 01:29 of the progress of the eclipse.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 6 December 1722

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observatio eclipsis solaris, ab Edmundo Halleio, LL. D. R. S. S. Astron. Reg. & Geom. Prof. Savil. Oxon. Novem. 27° 1722. P. M. Grenovici'

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CLP/8i/69
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06 December 1722
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Edmond Halley

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Edmond Halley, Paper, regarding the solar eclipse on 27 November 1722 by Edmond Halley, 06 December 1722, CLP/8i/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_69/paper-regarding-the-solar-eclipse-on-27-november-1722-by-edmond-halley, accessed on 13 September 2024

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