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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of the transit of Mercury, observed at Norriton, in Pennsylvania, Nov. 9. 1769 agreeable to an appointment of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting useful knowledge'

Read 13 December 1770

Reference number
L&P/5/199
Earliest possible date
19 December 1769
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observations of the transit of Mercury at Norrington' by William Smith et al, 19 December 1769, L&P/5/199, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_199/paper-observations-of-the-transit-of-mercury-at-norrington-by-william-smith-et-al, accessed on 11 September 2024

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