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Paper, 'Observations made in Italy of a lunar eclipse which happened on 8 September 1718. Extracted from the "Giornale di Literati"' by various authors

Reference number: CLP/8i/72

Date: 08 September 1718

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Concerns the observations of Giovanni Poleni and Giovanbatista Morgagni; of Sigg Rondelli, Nadio and Parisi; of Sigg Eustachio and Manfredi in the suburbs of Bologna; and of Antonio Ghisebieri at Bologna.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 26 March 1724

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CLP/8i/72
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08 September 1718
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Giovanni Poleni

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Giovanni Poleni, Paper, 'Observations made in Italy of a lunar eclipse which happened on 8 September 1718. Extracted from the "Giornale di Literati"' by various authors, 08 September 1718, CLP/8i/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_72/paper-observations-made-in-italy-of-a-lunar-eclipse-which-happened-on-8-september-1718-extracted-from-the-giornale-di-literati-by-various-authors, accessed on 21 January 2025

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