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Letter, 'Eclipse of the Sun 1 April 1764' from James Ferguson to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/4/169

Date: 16 November 1763

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Contains 5 pages of tables.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an earthquake in the East Indies, of two eclipses of the Sun and Moon, observed at Calcutta: In a letter to the Reverend Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. from the Reverend William Hirst, M. A. F. R. S'

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L&P/4/169
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16 November 1763
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Ink on paper
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10 pages
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Manuscript

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James Ferguson

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James Ferguson, Letter, 'Eclipse of the Sun 1 April 1764' from James Ferguson to George Parker, 16 November 1763, L&P/4/169, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_169/letter-eclipse-of-the-sun-1-april-1764-from-james-ferguson-to-george-parker, accessed on 23 January 2025

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