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Paper, 'The Sun’s eclipse on 18 February 1737, observed in Fleet Street, London' by George Graham

Reference number: CLP/8ii/63

Date: 1737

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Graham writes that at 2.25pm 'A small impression appeared on the Sun's limb. I judge the beginning to have been about five or six seconds sooner.' He goes on to share further observations over a period of several hours.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A collection of observations of the solar eclipse, Feb. 18. 1736-7. Sent to the Royal Society'

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CLP/8ii/63
Earliest possible date
1737
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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George Graham

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George Graham, Paper, 'The Sun’s eclipse on 18 February 1737, observed in Fleet Street, London' by George Graham, 1737, CLP/8ii/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_63/paper-the-suns-eclipse-on-18-february-1737-observed-in-fleet-street-london-by-george-graham, accessed on 14 October 2024

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