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Paper, 'Of solar cyles, lunar cycles and horary cycles' by George Burton

Reference number: L&P/5/322

Date: 10 December 1772

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Contains three plates.

Subject: Astronomy

Read 17 December 1772

Reference number
L&P/5/322
Earliest possible date
10 December 1772
Physical description
Ink on paper and three plates
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of solar cyles, lunar cycles and horary cycles' by George Burton, 10 December 1772, L&P/5/322, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_322/paper-of-solar-cyles-lunar-cycles-and-horary-cycles-by-george-burton, accessed on 10 December 2025

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