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Paper, 'Of the transit of Venus on June 6, 1761' by Fredericus Mallet

Reference number: L&P/4/318

Date: 1766

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12 pages in Latin, with 19 pages of English translation.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'De Veneris transitu, per discum Solis, A. 1761, d. 6 Junii'

Read 17 April 1766

Reference number
L&P/4/318
Earliest possible date
1766
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
31 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of the transit of Venus on June 6, 1761' by Fredericus Mallet, 1766, L&P/4/318, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_318/paper-of-the-transit-of-venus-on-june-6-1761-by-fredericus-mallet, accessed on 29 April 2025

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