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Paper, 'Observations on the comet of 1769 and on the remarkable appearances in the heavens in Oct and Nov of the same year' by Edward King

Reference number: L&P/5/239

Date: 30 April 1771

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 16 May 1771

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L&P/5/239
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30 April 1771
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19 pages
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Edward King, Paper, 'Observations on the comet of 1769 and on the remarkable appearances in the heavens in Oct and Nov of the same year' by Edward King, 30 April 1771, L&P/5/239, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_239/paper-observations-on-the-comet-of-1769-and-on-the-remarkable-appearances-in-the-heavens-in-oct-and-nov-of-the-same-year-by-edward-king, accessed on 16 March 2025

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