Paper, 'Observation of the solar eclipse of 4 June 1769 near Leeds' by John Smeaton

Reference number: L&P/5/128

Date: 1769

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observation of a solar eclipse the 4th of June, 1769, at the observatory at Austhorpe, near Leeds, in the county of York'

Read 16 November 1769

Reference number: L&P/5/128
Earliest possible date: 1769
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript

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John Smeaton, Paper, 'Observation of the solar eclipse of 4 June 1769 near Leeds' by John Smeaton, 1769, L&P/5/128, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_128/paper-observation-of-the-solar-eclipse-of-4-june-1769-near-leeds-by-john-smeaton, accessed on 16 July 2025

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XL. Observation of a solar eclipse the 4th of June, 1769, at the observatory at Austhorpe, near Leeds, in the county of York External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1769

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1769.0040

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 5 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1768-1772 Reference number: L&P/5

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