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Paper, 'Observations made at Vera Cruz [Veracruz, Mexico]' by Joseph Harris

Reference number: CLP/8ii/5

Date: 1728

Description

Harris describes a partial solar eclipse on 11 March 1727. He writes: 'The latitude of this place I found (by several distant observation made by a quadrant of four feet radius) to be 19° 12' N.'

Revised and communicated by Edmond Halley

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 15 February 1727

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Astronomical observations made at Vera Cruz, by Mr. Joseph Harris. Revised and communicated by Edm. Halley, L. L. D. Astron. Reg. & R. S. S'

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CLP/8ii/5
Earliest possible date
1728
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observations made at Vera Cruz [Veracruz, Mexico]' by Joseph Harris, 1728, CLP/8ii/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_5/paper-observations-made-at-vera-cruz-veracruz-mexico-by-joseph-harris, accessed on 20 April 2025

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