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Paper, 'The eclipse of the moon on 11-12 Dec 1749' by John Bevis and James Short

Reference number: L&P/2/5

Date: 1749

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An Eclipse of the Moon, observed at Mr. Graham's in fleet-street, by John Bevis, M. D. And Mr. James Short, F. R. S'

Read 14 December 1749

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L&P/2/5
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1749
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Bevis

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James Short

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John Bevis, James Short, Paper, 'The eclipse of the moon on 11-12 Dec 1749' by John Bevis and James Short, 1749, L&P/2/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_5/paper-the-eclipse-of-the-moon-on-11-12-dec-1749-by-john-bevis-and-james-short, accessed on 22 January 2025

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