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Middleton describes a lunar eclipse witnessed at Hudson Bay. He states that the weather was clear, but 'the motion of the sea render'd my telescope useless'.

Subject: Astronomy

Reference number
CLP/8ii/71
Earliest possible date
08 September 1736
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Christopher Middleton

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Christopher Middleton, Paper, 'An observation of the eclipse of the Moon September 8 1736 made in Hudson's Bay [Canada]' by Christopher Middleton, 08 September 1736, CLP/8ii/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_71/paper-an-observation-of-the-eclipse-of-the-moon-september-8-1736-made-in-hudsons-bay-canada-by-christopher-middleton, accessed on 05 October 2024

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    Dates: 1592-1741

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