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'
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- 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, 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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Date: 31st December 1738
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0023
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