Paper, 'Remarks on the subject of an appearance of light like a star, seen in the dark part of the moon, 7 March 1794' by Thomas Stretton
Reference number: L&P/10/98
Date: 1794
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an appearance of light, like a star, seen lately in the dark part of the moon, by Thomas Stretton, in St. John's Square, Clerkenwell, London; with remarks upon this observation, and Mr. Wilkins's. Drawn up, and communicated by the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D.D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal'
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Paper, 'Remarks on the subject of an appearance of light like a star, seen in the dark part of the moon, 7 March 1794' by Thomas Stretton, 1794, L&P/10/98, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_98/paper-remarks-on-the-subject-of-an-appearance-of-light-like-a-star-seen-in-the-dark-part-of-the-moon-7-march-1794-by-thomas-stretton, accessed on 13 January 2025
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XXVII. An account of an appearance of light, like a star, seen lately in the dark part of the moon, by Thomas Stretton, in St. John's Square, Clerkenwell, London; with remarks upon this observation, and Mr. Wilkins's. Drawn up, and communicated by the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D.D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1794
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1794.0031
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