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Enclosed with EL/S1/42
Read to the Royal Society on 25 April 1667

On last page are instructions for observing the altitude of the lower edge of the moon which was read to the Royal Society on 23 May 1666 (see EL/S1/43 for the observations)

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EL/S1/42a
Earliest possible date
1666
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Edward Montagu

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Edward Montagu, Observations of Venus witnessed in Madrid by Edward Montagu, dated at Madrid, 1666, EL/S1/42a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_42a/observations-of-venus-witnessed-in-madrid-by-edward-montagu-dated-at-madrid, accessed on 10 February 2025

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