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Letter, 'Observations of Jupiter's satellites' from Samuel Dunn to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/4/195

Date: 08 March 1764

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Subject: Astronomy

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Reference number
L&P/4/195
Earliest possible date
08 March 1764
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Observations of Jupiter's satellites' from Samuel Dunn to Thomas Birch, 08 March 1764, L&P/4/195, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_195/letter-observations-of-jupiters-satellites-from-samuel-dunn-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 15 September 2024

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