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Paper, 'Eclipse of the Sun of April 1 1764' by The Spalding Society, communicated by William Stukeley

Reference number: L&P/4/217

Date: 1764

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 24 May 1764

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L&P/4/217
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1764
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Paper, 'Eclipse of the Sun of April 1 1764' by The Spalding Society, communicated by William Stukeley, 1764, L&P/4/217, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_217/paper-eclipse-of-the-sun-of-april-1-1764-by-the-spalding-society-communicated-by-william-stukeley, accessed on 22 April 2025

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