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Letter, 'On an evening solar Iris' from George Edwards to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/3/251

Date: 6 June 1757

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on an evening, or rather nocturnal, Solar Iris'

Read 16 June 1757

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L&P/3/251
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6 June 1757
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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George Edwards

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George Edwards, Letter, 'On an evening solar Iris' from George Edwards to Thomas Birch, 6 June 1757, L&P/3/251, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_251/letter-on-an-evening-solar-iris-from-george-edwards-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 14 December 2025

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