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Letter, from Jan de Munck to the Royal Society

Reference number: EL/M3/64

Date: 27 February 1736

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Wishes to know about times of the lunar eclipse in London and wishes for instructions about how to observe the eclipse in Holland; discusses the meridian at Middleburgh in Zeeland, Holland

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EL/M3/64
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27 February 1736
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Jan de Munck

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Jan de Munck, Letter, from Jan de Munck to the Royal Society, 27 February 1736, EL/M3/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m3_64/letter-from-jan-de-munck-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 14 March 2026

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