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Sent in a letter to William Brouncker
Observations of the solar eclipse witnessed in Madrid and the lower edge of the moon's altitude (instructions for this given in EL/S1/42)
Read to the Royal Society on 8 August 1666

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EL/S1/43
Earliest possible date
1666
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Edward Montagu

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Edward Montagu, Observations of the solar eclipse witnessed in Madrid by Edward Montagu, dated at Madrid, 1666, EL/S1/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_43/observations-of-the-solar-eclipse-witnessed-in-madrid-by-edward-montagu-dated-at-madrid, accessed on 09 February 2025

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