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Paper, 'Astronomical observations at Chislehurst' by Francis Wollaston

Reference number: L&P/6/35

Date: 03 January 1774

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Astronomical observations made at Chislehurst, in Kent, in the course of the Year 1773.'

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Reference number
L&P/6/35
Earliest possible date
03 January 1774
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
12 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Francis Wollaston

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Francis Wollaston, Paper, 'Astronomical observations at Chislehurst' by Francis Wollaston, 03 January 1774, L&P/6/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_35/paper-astronomical-observations-at-chislehurst-by-francis-wollaston, accessed on 18 July 2025

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