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Note, 'Lunae ad fixas appulus visibilies, nec non et transitus per eas arctiores observabiles Anno 1672' by John Flamsteed

Reference number: EL/F1/78b

Date: 1671

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Continuation of the calculations for the moon approaching the star cluster Pleiades (EL/F1/78a for first part)
Note reads: 'Not to be ent'd [in the Letter Book]'

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EL/F1/78b
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1671
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1 page
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Manuscript

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John Flamsteed

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John Flamsteed, Note, 'Lunae ad fixas appulus visibilies, nec non et transitus per eas arctiores observabiles Anno 1672' by John Flamsteed, 1671, EL/F1/78b, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_78b/note-lunae-ad-fixas-appulus-visibilies-nec-non-et-transitus-per-eas-arctiores-observabiles-anno-1672-by-john-flamsteed, accessed on 16 September 2024

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