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A determination of the polar stars at night. Includes a figure of constellations in the sky with Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Dragon's Head [Draco] and Cassiopea [Cassiopeia] labelled.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 6 March 1734/5

Reference number
CLP/8ii/45
Earliest possible date
06 March 1734
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'The variation of the polar [pole] stars determin'd, in observing the hour of the night' by Thomas Wright, 06 March 1734, CLP/8ii/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_45/paper-the-variation-of-the-polar-pole-stars-determind-in-observing-the-hour-of-the-night-by-thomas-wright, accessed on 14 October 2024

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