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Paper, 'Astronomical observations made for the Royal Society at Prince of Wales Fort, on the north west coast of Hudson Bay' by William Wales and Joseph Dymond

Reference number: L&P/5/124

Date: 1769

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Astronomical observations made by order of the Royal Society, at Prince of Wales's Fort, on the north-west coast of Hudson's Bay. By William Wales and Joseph Dymond'

Read 16 November 1769

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L&P/5/124
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1769
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Ink on paper
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29 pages
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William Wales, Paper, 'Astronomical observations made for the Royal Society at Prince of Wales Fort, on the north west coast of Hudson Bay' by William Wales and Joseph Dymond, 1769, L&P/5/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_124/paper-astronomical-observations-made-for-the-royal-society-at-prince-of-wales-fort-on-the-north-west-coast-of-hudson-bay-by-william-wales-and-joseph-dymond, accessed on 15 May 2025

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