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Subject: Astronomy

Read 12 April 1764

Reference number
L&P/4/208
Earliest possible date
12 April 1764
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Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the solar elipse of April 1' from Edward Spry to James Douglas, 12 April 1764, L&P/4/208, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_208/letter-of-the-solar-elipse-of-april-1-from-edward-spry-to-james-douglas, accessed on 07 February 2025

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