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Letter, from Thomas Wright to Edmond Halley

Reference number: EL/W4/18

Date: 28 October 1736

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Observations of the occultation of Mars by the moon

Reference number
EL/W4/18
Earliest possible date
28 October 1736
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Thomas Wright

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Thomas Wright, Letter, from Thomas Wright to Edmond Halley, 28 October 1736, EL/W4/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w4_18/letter-from-thomas-wright-to-edmond-halley, accessed on 13 July 2026

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