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Paper, 'Astronomical observations made at Cavan for the Royal Society' by Charles Mason

Reference number: L&P/5/193

Date: 1770

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Astronomical observations made at Cavan, near Strabane, in the county of Donegal, Ireland, by appointment of the Royal Society, by Mr. Charles Mason'

Read 7 November 1770

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L&P/5/193
Earliest possible date
1770
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Ink on paper
Page extent
34 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Mason

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Charles Mason, Paper, 'Astronomical observations made at Cavan for the Royal Society' by Charles Mason, 1770, L&P/5/193, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_193/paper-astronomical-observations-made-at-cavan-for-the-royal-society-by-charles-mason, accessed on 20 March 2025

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