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Letter, 'The solar eclipse of April 1, observed at Rome' from the Collegio Romano, Rome, communicated by John Morgan

Reference number: L&P/4/228

Date: 27 May 1764

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4 pages in Latin.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Solis defectus observatus in Collegio Romano a Patribus Societatis Jesu die prima Aprilis Anno MDCCLXIV. Tempore vero post mediam noctem'

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L&P/4/228
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27 May 1764
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6 pages
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John Morgan

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John Morgan, Letter, 'The solar eclipse of April 1, observed at Rome' from the Collegio Romano, Rome, communicated by John Morgan, 27 May 1764, L&P/4/228, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_228/letter-the-solar-eclipse-of-april-1-observed-at-rome-from-the-collegio-romano-rome-communicated-by-john-morgan, accessed on 17 May 2025

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