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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Occultatio Jovis a Luna, obs. Londini'

Read 14 June 1744

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L&P/1/302
Earliest possible date
1744
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Bevis

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John Bevis, Letter, 'Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon' by John Bevis to the Royal Society, 1744, L&P/1/302, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_302/letter-occultation-of-jupiter-by-the-moon-by-john-bevis-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 08 March 2026

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