Paper, 'An observation of the eclipse of the Moon observed at Castle Dodds, near Carrickfergus in Ireland' by Arthur Dobbs
Reference number: CLP/8ii/11
Date: 08 February 1729
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Dobbs shares observations made between 2 February 1729 and 6 February 1729 'by a nine-foot glass having adjusted a monthly pendulum clock by a meridian line on the 30th of January and further corrected by the [meridian].'
Subject: Astronomy
- Reference number
- CLP/8ii/11
- Earliest possible date
- 08 February 1729
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'An observation of the eclipse of the Moon observed at Castle Dodds, near Carrickfergus in Ireland' by Arthur Dobbs, 08 February 1729, CLP/8ii/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_11/paper-an-observation-of-the-eclipse-of-the-moon-observed-at-castle-dodds-near-carrickfergus-in-ireland-by-arthur-dobbs, accessed on 13 October 2024
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