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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'

Read 12 May 1768

Reference number
L&P/5/35
Earliest possible date
17 April 1768
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Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Smeaton

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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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