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Paper, 'Of the eclipse predicted by Thales' by William Stukeley

Reference number: L&P/2/448

Date: 16 March 1753

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the eclipse predicted by Thales'

Read 3 May 1753

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L&P/2/448
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16 March 1753
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Ink on paper
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12 pages
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Manuscript

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William Stukeley

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William Stukeley, Paper, 'Of the eclipse predicted by Thales' by William Stukeley, 16 March 1753, L&P/2/448, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_448/paper-of-the-eclipse-predicted-by-thales-by-william-stukeley, accessed on 22 April 2025

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