Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury
Reference number: EL/G1/56
Date: 03 April 1704
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Observations of sun spots witnessed in Canterbury from January to March 1704 with a 16 foot telescope
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Read to the Royal Society on 12 April 1704
- Reference number
- EL/G1/56
- Earliest possible date
- 03 April 1704
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- 6 pages
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- Manuscript
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Stephen Gray, Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury, 03 April 1704, EL/G1/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_56/letter-from-stephen-gray-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-canterbury, accessed on 20 March 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Hans Sloane
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Stephen Gray
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