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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observation of the transit of Mercury over the Sun, October 25, 1743. In a letter to Professor Bliss, late Astronomer Royal and F. R. S. from John Winthrop, F. R. S. Professor of Astronomy in Cambridge, New England'

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Reference number
L&P/5/141
Earliest possible date
20 June 1763
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Winthrop

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John Winthrop, Letter, 'The transit of Mercury' from John Winthrop to Nathaniel Bliss, 20 June 1763, L&P/5/141, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_141/letter-the-transit-of-mercury-from-john-winthrop-to-nathaniel-bliss, accessed on 12 February 2025

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