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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some astronomical observations taken at Lisbon by M. John Chevalier in the Year 1753'

Read 14 March 1754

Reference number
L&P/2/485
Earliest possible date
1754
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Short

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James Short, Paper, 'On John Chevalier's astronomical observations at Lisbon 1753' by James Short, 1754, L&P/2/485, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_485/paper-on-john-chevaliers-astronomical-observations-at-lisbon-1753-by-james-short, accessed on 10 October 2024

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