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Paper, 'The transit of Mercury over the Sun on 25 October 1743, observed at MR G Graham's house in Fleet Street' by James Short

Reference number: L&P/1/216

Date: 1743

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the transit of Mercury over the Sun, Oct. 25. 1743. in the morning, observed at Mr. Geo. Graham's House in Fleetstreet'

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L&P/1/216
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1743
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3 pages
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James Short, Paper, 'The transit of Mercury over the Sun on 25 October 1743, observed at MR G Graham's house in Fleet Street' by James Short, 1743, L&P/1/216, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_216/paper-the-transit-of-mercury-over-the-sun-on-25-october-1743-observed-at-mr-g-grahams-house-in-fleet-street-by-james-short, accessed on 19 January 2025

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