Letter, from William Saunderson to Edmond Halley, dated at Bombay

Reference number: EL/S2/61

Date: 12 September 1725

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Observations of the comet witnessed at Bombay in October 1723, and of the lunar eclipse seen at Comerdon in Persia on 21 October 1724

Reference number: EL/S2/61
Earliest possible date: 12 September 1725
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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William Saunderson

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William Saunderson, Letter, from William Saunderson to Edmond Halley, dated at Bombay, 12 September 1725, EL/S2/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_61/letter-from-william-saunderson-to-edmond-halley-dated-at-bombay, accessed on 12 January 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters S2
1686-1738 Reference number: EL/S2

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