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Paper, 'Remarkable appearance of the lunar spot Plato' by James Short

Reference number: L&P/2/192

Date: 22 April 1751

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a remarkable appearance in the Moon, April 22, 1751'

Read 25 April 1751

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L&P/2/192
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22 April 1751
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2 pages
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James Short

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James Short, Paper, 'Remarkable appearance of the lunar spot Plato' by James Short, 22 April 1751, L&P/2/192, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_192/paper-remarkable-appearance-of-the-lunar-spot-plato-by-james-short, accessed on 21 January 2025

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