Letter, from Charles Mason to John Senex, dated at Trinity College Cambridge
Reference number: EL/M3/49
Date: 27 February 1736
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Observations of the solar eclipse on 18 February 1737 witnessed at Trinity College Cambridge and at Kettering.
Ultimate page refers to the possibility of publishing Colin Maclaurin's observations of the solar eclipse (see EL/M3/50). These have been crossed out.
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- EL/M3/49
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- 27 February 1736
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Charles Mason, Letter, from Charles Mason to John Senex, dated at Trinity College Cambridge, 27 February 1736, EL/M3/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m3_49/letter-from-charles-mason-to-john-senex-dated-at-trinity-college-cambridge, accessed on 13 May 2025
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