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Letter, 'Of the Transit of Venus' from Daniel Dumaresq to Thomas Hollis

Reference number: L&P/4/59

Date: 16 December 1760

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 12 March 1761

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L&P/4/59
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16 December 1760
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Daniel Dumaresq

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Daniel Dumaresq, Letter, 'Of the Transit of Venus' from Daniel Dumaresq to Thomas Hollis, 16 December 1760, L&P/4/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_59/letter-of-the-transit-of-venus-from-daniel-dumaresq-to-thomas-hollis, accessed on 24 January 2025

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