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Letter, 'Of a double burr about the moon' from Henry Miles to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/2/417

Date: 22 February 1753

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Subject: Astronomy

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L&P/2/417
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22 February 1753
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Miles

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Henry Miles, Letter, 'Of a double burr about the moon' from Henry Miles to Thomas Birch, 22 February 1753, L&P/2/417, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_417/letter-of-a-double-burr-about-the-moon-from-henry-miles-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 17 July 2025

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