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Paper, 'Astronomical observations at Pekin [Beijing], 1746-7' by Augustin Hallerstein

Reference number: L&P/2/269

Date: 1752

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Dr. Bevis to Dr. De Castro, F. R. S. containing extracts of Father Augustin Hallerstein’s astronomical observations made at Pekin in 1744 and 1747'

Read 5 March 1752

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L&P/2/269
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1752
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24 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Astronomical observations at Pekin [Beijing], 1746-7' by Augustin Hallerstein, 1752, L&P/2/269, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_269/paper-astronomical-observations-at-pekin-beijing-1746-7-by-augustin-hallerstein, accessed on 14 July 2025

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