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Paper, 'Observations on the solar spots' by Alexander Wilson

Reference number: L&P/6/1

Date: 1773

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Contains 4 plates.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the solar spots.'

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Reference number
L&P/6/1
Earliest possible date
1773
Physical description
Ink on paper and four plates
Page extent
27 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observations on the solar spots' by Alexander Wilson, 1773, L&P/6/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_1/paper-observations-on-the-solar-spots-by-alexander-wilson, accessed on 12 December 2024

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