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Paper, 'Observatio eclipse lunaris Romae habita die 1 Decembris 1732' [Observations of the lunar eclipse in Rome on 1 December 1732] by D Didacus Revillas

Reference number: CLP/8ii/38

Date: 1732

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Revillas describes a lunar eclipse observed on the afternoon of 1 December 1732.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 18 January 1723.

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observatio ecclipsews lunaris romæ habitæ die. 1 Decembris, 1732, in ædibus emiminentiss. de V I A, à D. Didaco Revillas abbate Hieronymiano, Abbate Joanne Botrario, & Eustachio Manfredio'

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CLP/8ii/38
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1732
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4 pages
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Didacus de Revillas

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Didacus de Revillas, Paper, 'Observatio eclipse lunaris Romae habita die 1 Decembris 1732' [Observations of the lunar eclipse in Rome on 1 December 1732] by D Didacus Revillas, 1732, CLP/8ii/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_38/paper-observatio-eclipse-lunaris-romae-habita-die-1-decembris-1732-observations-of-the-lunar-eclipse-in-rome-on-1-december-1732-by-d-didacus-revillas, accessed on 14 October 2024

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