Paper, 'An account of the appearance of Mercury, peeking over the Sun's diskon 29 October 1723' by Edmond Halley

Reference number: CLP/8i/77

Date: 1725

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Halley describes the transit of Mercury and refers to observations of James Bradley at Wanstead and George Graham in Fleet Street, London.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 13 May 1725

Reference number: CLP/8i/77
Earliest possible date: 1725
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 8 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Edmond Halley

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Edmond Halley, Paper, 'An account of the appearance of Mercury, peeking over the Sun's diskon 29 October 1723' by Edmond Halley, 1725, CLP/8i/77, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8i_77/paper-an-account-of-the-appearance-of-mercury-peeking-over-the-suns-diskon-29-october-1723-by-edmond-halley, accessed on 16 January 2025

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'Account of the Appearance of Mercury passing over the Suns disk on the 29th of October 1723 determining the mean motion and fixing the nodes of that Planets Orb' by Edmond Halley
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Classified papers of the Royal Society
1660-1741 Reference number: CLP
Classified papers: volume 8i concerning 'Astronomy'
1661-1725 Reference number: CLP/8i

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