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Letter, from John Palmer to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/P1/50

Date: 12 December 1667

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Gives praise to the Society; suggests observing the moon's meridian altitude at Tangier, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, London and observing eclipses of the moon at Smyrna, Aleppo and Bermuda

Reference number
EL/P1/50
Earliest possible date
12 December 1667
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1 page
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Manuscript
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John Palmer

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John Palmer, Letter, from John Palmer to Henry Oldenburg, 12 December 1667, EL/P1/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_50/letter-from-john-palmer-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 12 January 2025

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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