Paper, 'The height of the Sun's atmosphere calculated from the height of the Sun's spots' by Samuel Horsley
Reference number: L&P/4/407
Date: 1767
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Contains small figure.
Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An attempt to determine the height of the Sun's atmosphere from the height of the solar spots above the Sun's surface: in a letter to Mr. J. Ellicot, F. R. S. From the Rev. Mr. Horseley, F. R. S'
Read 9 July 1767
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- L&P/4/407
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- 1767
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- Ink on paper
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- 5 pages
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- Manuscript
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Samuel Horsley, Paper, 'The height of the Sun's atmosphere calculated from the height of the Sun's spots' by Samuel Horsley, 1767, L&P/4/407, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_407/paper-the-height-of-the-suns-atmosphere-calculated-from-the-height-of-the-suns-spots-by-samuel-horsley, accessed on 18 June 2025
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