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Paper, 'Observatio ingressus Veneria in solem die 3 Junii 1769' by Anders Mayer

Reference number: L&P/5/127

Date: 1769

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observatio ingressus Veneris in Solem 3 die Junii, 1769, habita Gryphiswaldiæ,'

Read 16 November 1769

Reference number
L&P/5/127
Earliest possible date
1769
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observatio ingressus Veneria in solem die 3 Junii 1769' by Anders Mayer, 1769, L&P/5/127, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_127/paper-observatio-ingressus-veneria-in-solem-die-3-junii-1769-by-anders-mayer, accessed on 13 February 2026

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