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Observations, regarding a solar eclipse seen from the Observatory of the Institute of Bologna [Italy] on 1 March 1737 by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/8ii/75

Date: 1737

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Consists of a translation of the original account which was in Latin, a letter from Pucci apologising for not sending the report sooner and a printed copy of the account.

Original Latin account published in Philosophical Transactions as part of 'A collection of observations of the solar eclipse, Feb. 18. 1736-7. Sent to the Royal Society'

Reference number
CLP/8ii/75
Earliest possible date
1737
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Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript
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Observations, regarding a solar eclipse seen from the Observatory of the Institute of Bologna [Italy] on 1 March 1737 by unknown author, 1737, CLP/8ii/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_75/observations-regarding-a-solar-eclipse-seen-from-the-observatory-of-the-institute-of-bologna-italy-on-1-march-1737-by-unknown-author, accessed on 13 October 2024

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