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Paper, 'Partial lunar eclipse at Wittenberg on 23 Dec 1749; solar eclipse on 8 Jan 1750' by Georg Matthias Bose

Reference number: L&P/2/121

Date: 1750

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Subject: Astronomy

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L&P/2/121
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1750
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2 pages
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Georg Matthias Bose

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Georg Matthias Bose, Paper, 'Partial lunar eclipse at Wittenberg on 23 Dec 1749; solar eclipse on 8 Jan 1750' by Georg Matthias Bose, 1750, L&P/2/121, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_121/paper-partial-lunar-eclipse-at-wittenberg-on-23-dec-1749-solar-eclipse-on-8-jan-1750-by-georg-matthias-bose, accessed on 11 August 2026

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