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Letter, 'Of the eclipse of 1765' from Emanuel Croy to James Douglas

Reference number: L&P/4/348

Date: 09 April 1766

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from the Prince de Croy to the Earl of Morton, President of the R. S. containing the observations of the eclipses of the sun of the 16th of August 1765, and of the 5th of August 1766, made at Calais, together with some remarks on the first of these eclipses: Translated from the French, by Mathew Maty, M.D. Sec. R. S'

Read 27 November 1766

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L&P/4/348
Earliest possible date
09 April 1766
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Ink on paper
Page extent
16 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the eclipse of 1765' from Emanuel Croy to James Douglas, 09 April 1766, L&P/4/348, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_348/letter-of-the-eclipse-of-1765-from-emanuel-croy-to-james-douglas, accessed on 20 July 2025

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