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Graham shares brief details of observations made with a telescope '18 inches long, which magnifies about 13 times.'

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 7 December 1732

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An Eclipse of the Moon observed in Fleetstreet, London, Nov. 20, 1732, at night, by Mr. Geo. Graham, F. R. S'

Reference number
CLP/8ii/37
Earliest possible date
07 December 1732
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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George Graham

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George Graham, Paper, 'An eclipse of the moon observ'ed in Fleet Street, London, 20 November 1732 at night' by George Graham, 07 December 1732, CLP/8ii/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_37/paper-an-eclipse-of-the-moon-observed-in-fleet-street-london-20-november-1732-at-night-by-george-graham, accessed on 29 April 2025

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