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Paper, 'Observations of the great eclipse of the sun, September 1793' by Johann Jerome Schroeter

Reference number: L&P/10/85

Date: 08 September 1793

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7 pages in German and 10 pages in English.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observation of the great eclipse of the sun of Sept. 5, 1793'

Read 15 May 1794

Reference number
L&P/10/85
Earliest possible date
08 September 1793
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Ink on paper
Page extent
17 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observations of the great eclipse of the sun, September 1793' by Johann Jerome Schroeter, 08 September 1793, L&P/10/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_85/paper-observations-of-the-great-eclipse-of-the-sun-september-1793-by-johann-jerome-schroeter, accessed on 14 May 2026

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