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Paper, 'Of the going of an astronomical clock' by Francis Wollaston

Reference number: L&P/5/262

Date: 02 November 1771

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the going of an astronomical clock'

Read 19 December 1771

Reference number
L&P/5/262
Earliest possible date
02 November 1771
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Francis Wollaston

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Francis Wollaston, Paper, 'Of the going of an astronomical clock' by Francis Wollaston, 02 November 1771, L&P/5/262, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_262/paper-of-the-going-of-an-astronomical-clock-by-francis-wollaston, accessed on 11 December 2024

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