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Letter, 'Astronomical observations' from Christian Mayer to James Douglas

Reference number: L&P/4/213

Date: 03 May 1764

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the transit of Venus: In a letter to Charles Morton, M. D. Secret. R. S. from Christian Mayer, S. J. Translated from the Latin by James Parsons, M. D'

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Reference number
L&P/4/213
Earliest possible date
03 May 1764
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Ink on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Christian Mayer

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Christian Mayer, Letter, 'Astronomical observations' from Christian Mayer to James Douglas, 03 May 1764, L&P/4/213, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_213/letter-astronomical-observations-from-christian-mayer-to-james-douglas, accessed on 08 February 2025

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