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Letter, 'Of mutations of stars' from Thomas Barker to William Stukeley

Reference number: L&P/3/414

Date: 16 November 1759

Description

Contains two tables.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Remarks on the mutations of the stars ; by Tho. Barker, Esq ; of Lyndon, in Ruthland : Communicated by the Rev. W. Stukeley, M. D. F. R. S'

Read 31 January 1760

Reference number
L&P/3/414
Earliest possible date
16 November 1759
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of mutations of stars' from Thomas Barker to William Stukeley, 16 November 1759, L&P/3/414, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_414/letter-of-mutations-of-stars-from-thomas-barker-to-william-stukeley, accessed on 03 November 2024

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