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Paper, 'Astronomical observations made at Hammerfest for the Royal Society' by Jeremiah Dixon

Reference number: L&P/5/122

Date: 1769

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations made on the island of Hammerfost, for the Royal Society'

Read 16 November 1769

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L&P/5/122
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1769
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Ink on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Jeremiah Dixon

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Jeremiah Dixon, Paper, 'Astronomical observations made at Hammerfest for the Royal Society' by Jeremiah Dixon, 1769, L&P/5/122, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_122/paper-astronomical-observations-made-at-hammerfest-for-the-royal-society-by-jeremiah-dixon, accessed on 13 January 2025

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