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Paper, 'Duae observationes eclipsis lunae totalis' [Two observations of total lunar eclipses] by Eustachio Manfredi

Reference number: CLP/8ii/21

Date: 1729-1730

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Manfredi shares details of two lunar eclipses observed on 28 July 1729. Communicated by Thomas Dereham.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 22 January 1729 [1730]

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Duæ observationes eclipsis lunæ totalis nocte sequente diem 28 Julij 1729. S. V. Communicante Cl. Thomâ Dereham, Bart. & R. S. S'

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CLP/8ii/21
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1729-1730
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2 pages
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Eustachio Manfredi

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Eustachio Manfredi, Paper, 'Duae observationes eclipsis lunae totalis' [Two observations of total lunar eclipses] by Eustachio Manfredi, 1729-1730, CLP/8ii/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_21/paper-duae-observationes-eclipsis-lunae-totalis-two-observations-of-total-lunar-eclipses-by-eustachio-manfredi, accessed on 05 October 2024

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