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Paper, 'Occultation of Venus by the Sun' by John Hadley

Reference number: L&P/2/210

Date: 1751

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Mr. John Bradley's observations of the occultation of Venus by the moon'

Read 6 June 1751

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L&P/2/210
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1751
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Hadley

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John Hadley, Paper, 'Occultation of Venus by the Sun' by John Hadley, 1751, L&P/2/210, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_210/paper-occultation-of-venus-by-the-sun-by-john-hadley, accessed on 11 February 2025

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