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Machin writes on the obliquity of the ecliptic plane, the orbital plane of Earth around the Sun.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on the 22 February 1733

Reference number
CLP/8ii/69
Earliest possible date
22 February 1733
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Machin

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John Machin, Letter, regarding the 'obliquity of the ecliptick' from John Machin to unknown recipient, 22 February 1733, CLP/8ii/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_69/letter-regarding-the-obliquity-of-the-ecliptick-from-john-machin-to-unknown-recipient, accessed on 15 October 2024

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