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Letter, 'Of the solar eclipse' from James Horsfell to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/5/109

Date: 12 June 1769

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 15 June 1769

Reference number
L&P/5/109
Earliest possible date
12 June 1769
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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James Horsfall

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James Horsfall, Letter, 'Of the solar eclipse' from James Horsfell to the Royal Society, 12 June 1769, L&P/5/109, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_109/letter-of-the-solar-eclipse-from-james-horsfell-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 18 February 2025

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