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Extract of a letter, from H[enry] Stanyan [to the Royal Society], dated at Harfield

Reference number: EL/S2/30

Date: 01 January 1703

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Original dated 8 June 1703
Observations of a solar spot witnessed with an 18-foot telescope
Figure of spot in text
Read to the Royal Society on 16 June 1703

Reference number
EL/S2/30
Earliest possible date
01 January 1703
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

H Stanyan

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H Stanyan, Extract of a letter, from H[enry] Stanyan [to the Royal Society], dated at Harfield, 01 January 1703, EL/S2/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_30/extract-of-a-letter-from-henry-stanyan-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-harfield, accessed on 06 February 2025

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