Observations of the sun's meridian, a lunar eclipse, and a solar eclipse made at Lisbon by Edward Montagu
Reference number: EL/S1/44
Date: 1666
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Sent in a letter to William Brouncker
Consists of: mathematical observations of the sun's meridian altitude; observations of the lunar eclipse; observations of the solar eclipse; details of an event to occur in 1668 about a lunar eclipse
Read to the Royal Society on 31 October 1666
- Reference number
- EL/S1/44
- Earliest possible date
- 1666
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edward Montagu, Observations of the sun's meridian, a lunar eclipse, and a solar eclipse made at Lisbon by Edward Montagu, 1666, EL/S1/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_44/observations-of-the-suns-meridian-a-lunar-eclipse-and-a-solar-eclipse-made-at-lisbon-by-edward-montagu, accessed on 25 March 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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