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Plate, 'Of the moon, an engraved plate' from James Ferguson to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/277

Date: 1745

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Subject: Astronomy

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Reference number
L&P/1/277
Earliest possible date
1745
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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James Ferguson

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James Ferguson, Plate, 'Of the moon, an engraved plate' from James Ferguson to Martin Folkes, 1745, L&P/1/277, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_277/plate-of-the-moon-an-engraved-plate-from-james-ferguson-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 03 November 2024

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