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Paper, 'Observations of the occultation of Mars by the Moon October 7 and of the transit of Mercury over the Sun's disk October 31 1736' by George Graham

Reference number: CLP/8ii/47

Date: 07 October 1736

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Graham shares observations made at Fleet Street, London, on 31 October 1736 with a refracting telescope of 12 feet. Includes note of trouble observing the transit due to cloud cover.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 11 November 1736

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations of the occultation of Mars by the moon, Oct. 7. 1736. Communicated to the Royal Society'

Reference number
CLP/8ii/47
Earliest possible date
07 October 1736
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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, 'Observations of the occultation of Mars by the Moon October 7 and of the transit of Mercury over the Sun's disk October 31 1736' by George Graham, 07 October 1736, CLP/8ii/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_47/paper-observations-of-the-occultation-of-mars-by-the-moon-october-7-and-of-the-transit-of-mercury-over-the-suns-disk-october-31-1736-by-george-graham, accessed on 14 October 2024

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