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Paper, regarding astronomical observations from Covent Garden in September 1736 by John Bevis

Reference number: CLP/8ii/53

Date: 03 April 1736

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Consists of an observation of the moon's transit near Aldebaran on 3 April 1736; a lunar eclipse observed in London in Covent Garden on 8 September 1736; a solar eclipse observed on 23 September 1736.
Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 18 November 1736

Solar observation published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Eclipsis solaris observata Londini, Sept. 23, 1736. à J. Bevis, M. D'

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CLP/8ii/53
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03 April 1736
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2 pages
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John Bevis

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John Bevis, Paper, regarding astronomical observations from Covent Garden in September 1736 by John Bevis, 03 April 1736, CLP/8ii/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_53/paper-regarding-astronomical-observations-from-covent-garden-in-september-1736-by-john-bevis, accessed on 13 October 2024

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