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Paper, 'Extract of a memoir on the comet of 1682 read before the Paris Academy of Sciences' by A C Clairault

Reference number: L&P/3/359

Date: 1759

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Subject: Astrology

Read 22 February 1759

Reference number
L&P/3/359
Earliest possible date
1759
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Extract of a memoir on the comet of 1682 read before the Paris Academy of Sciences' by A C Clairault, 1759, L&P/3/359, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_359/paper-extract-of-a-memoir-on-the-comet-of-1682-read-before-the-paris-academy-of-sciences-by-a-c-clairault, accessed on 30 November 2023

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