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Paper, 'The transit of Venus and the solar sclipse of 3 June' by Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/5/107

Date: 1769

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 15 June 1769

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L&P/5/107
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1769
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13 pages
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Nevil Maskelyne

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Nevil Maskelyne, Paper, 'The transit of Venus and the solar sclipse of 3 June' by Nevil Maskelyne, 1769, L&P/5/107, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_107/paper-the-transit-of-venus-and-the-solar-sclipse-of-3-june-by-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 13 November 2025

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