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Hodgson shares brief details of the times of the beginning of the lunar eclipse, the 'immersion' and 'emersion' and the end of the eclipse.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 24 February 1736

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CLP/8ii/65
Earliest possible date
1736
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Ink on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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James Hodgson

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James Hodgson, Paper, 'An observation of an eclipse of the Moon made at Christ's Hospital London on 15 March 1736' by James Hodgson, 1736, CLP/8ii/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_65/paper-an-observation-of-an-eclipse-of-the-moon-made-at-christs-hospital-london-on-15-march-1736-by-james-hodgson, accessed on 14 October 2024

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