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Paper, 'Occulation of alpha and beta Tauri and theorum of polygons' by Anders Johan Lexell

Reference number: L&P/6/104

Date: 14 June 1774

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3 pages in English and 4 pages in French.

Subject: Mathematics/Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Mr. Lexel to Dr. Morton. Dated Petersburg, June 14, 1774'

Read 16 March 1775

Reference number
L&P/6/104
Earliest possible date
14 June 1774
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Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Occulation of alpha and beta Tauri and theorum of polygons' by Anders Johan Lexell, 14 June 1774, L&P/6/104, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_104/paper-occulation-of-alpha-and-beta-tauri-and-theorum-of-polygons-by-anders-johan-lexell, accessed on 20 June 2025

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