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Paper, 'On the Solar eclipse of 8 Jan 1750, observed at Berlin' by Augustin Nathaniel Greschau

Reference number: L&P/2/44

Date: 1750

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An observation of the eclipse of the Sun on Jan. 8. 1750. N. S. taken at the observatory at Berlin, by M. Grischow jun. and M. Kies. Translated from the French'

Read 15 February 1750

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L&P/2/44
Earliest possible date
1750
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4 pages
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Paper, 'On the Solar eclipse of 8 Jan 1750, observed at Berlin' by Augustin Nathaniel Greschau, 1750, L&P/2/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_44/paper-on-the-solar-eclipse-of-8-jan-1750-observed-at-berlin-by-augustin-nathaniel-greschau, accessed on 22 July 2026

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