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Paper, 'Transits of Venus and Mercury, 4 June and 10 November 1769, observed at Batavia [Jakarta, Indonesia]' by Johan Maurits Mohr

Reference number: L&P/5/256

Date: 25 December 1770

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Transitus Veneris & Mercurii in eorum exitu è disco Solis, 4 to mensis Junii & 10 mo Novembris, 1769, observatus'

Read 21 November 1771

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L&P/5/256
Earliest possible date
25 December 1770
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4 pages
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Paper, 'Transits of Venus and Mercury, 4 June and 10 November 1769, observed at Batavia [Jakarta, Indonesia]' by Johan Maurits Mohr, 25 December 1770, L&P/5/256, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_256/paper-transits-of-venus-and-mercury-4-june-and-10-november-1769-observed-at-batavia-jakarta-indonesia-by-johan-maurits-mohr, accessed on 22 July 2026

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