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Paper, 'Of the transit of Venus' by William Hirst

Reference number: L&P/5/120

Date: 15 June 1769

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Contains 3 plates.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of several phaenomena observed during the ingress of Venus into the solar disc. By the Reverend W. Hirst, F. R. S. in a letter to the Astronomer Royal'

Read 16 November 1769

Reference number
L&P/5/120
Earliest possible date
15 June 1769
Physical description
Ink on paper and three plates
Page extent
18 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Hirst

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William Hirst, Paper, 'Of the transit of Venus' by William Hirst, 15 June 1769, L&P/5/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_120/paper-of-the-transit-of-venus-by-william-hirst, accessed on 19 April 2025

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