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Description

The author describes an eclipse of the Sun observed in Rome on 15 September 1727.
Includes one page of engraved figures showing eclipse and sunspots.

Subject: Astronomy

Read to the Royal Society on 9 May 1728

Reference number
CLP/8ii/7
Earliest possible date
15 September 1727
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observationes Romae habitae in eclipsi solis' [Observations of the solar eclipse made at Rome] by unknown author, 15 September 1727, CLP/8ii/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_7/paper-observationes-romae-habitae-in-eclipsi-solis-observations-of-the-solar-eclipse-made-at-rome-by-unknown-author, accessed on 26 April 2025

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