Paper, 'Of the menstrual parallax' by John Smeaton
Reference number: L&P/5/35
Date: 17 April 1768
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A discourse concerning the menstrual parallax, arising from the mutual gravitation of the Earth and Moon; it's influence on the observations of the Sun and Planets; with a method of observing it: By J. Smeaton, F. R. S'
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- 17 April 1768
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- 11 pages
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John Smeaton, Paper, 'Of the menstrual parallax' by John Smeaton, 17 April 1768, L&P/5/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_35/paper-of-the-menstrual-parallax-by-john-smeaton, accessed on 13 May 2026
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XXIV. A discourse concerning the menstrual parallax, arising from the mutual gravitation of the Earth and Moon; it's influence on the observations of the Sun and Planets; with a method of observing it: By J. Smeaton, F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1768
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1768.0024
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