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Bevis shares observation of an eclipse, taken between 6.53am and 1.48pm.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 1 April 1736

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A collection of the observations made on the eclipse of the moon, on March 15. 1735-6. which were communicated to the Royal Society'

Reference number
CLP/8ii/52
Earliest possible date
15 March 1736
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Bevis

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John Bevis, Paper, regarding astronomical observations from Covent Garden [London] on 15 March 1736 by John Bevis, 15 March 1736, CLP/8ii/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_52/paper-regarding-astronomical-observations-from-covent-garden-london-on-15-march-1736-by-john-bevis, accessed on 22 April 2025

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