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Letter, 'Of the transit of Mercury' from Thomas Clap to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/1/296

Date: 1744

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 4 April 1744

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L&P/1/296
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1744
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Cromwell Mortimer

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Cromwell Mortimer, Letter, 'Of the transit of Mercury' from Thomas Clap to Cromwell Mortimer, 1744, L&P/1/296, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_296/letter-of-the-transit-of-mercury-from-thomas-clap-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 20 March 2025

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