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Paper, 'Of the connexion between the parallaxes of the Sun and Moon; their densities and their disturbing forces on the ocean' by Patrick Murdoch

Reference number: L&P/5/6

Date: 26 November 1767

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An Essay on the Connexion between the Parallaxes of the Sun and Moon; Their Densities; and Their Disturbing Forces on the Ocean. By Patrick Murdoch, D. D. F. R. S.'

Read 18 February 1768

Reference number
L&P/5/6
Earliest possible date
26 November 1767
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Patrick Murdoch

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Patrick Murdoch, Paper, 'Of the connexion between the parallaxes of the Sun and Moon; their densities and their disturbing forces on the ocean' by Patrick Murdoch, 26 November 1767, L&P/5/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_6/paper-of-the-connexion-between-the-parallaxes-of-the-sun-and-moon-their-densities-and-their-disturbing-forces-on-the-ocean-by-patrick-murdoch, accessed on 17 May 2025

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