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Letter, 'Correction for paper on solar spots' from Alexander Wilson to Paul Henry Maty

Reference number: L&P/7/235

Date: 06 December 1782

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Subject: Astronomy

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L&P/7/235
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06 December 1782
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2 pages
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Alexander Wilson

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Alexander Wilson, Letter, 'Correction for paper on solar spots' from Alexander Wilson to Paul Henry Maty, 06 December 1782, L&P/7/235, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_235/letter-correction-for-paper-on-solar-spots-from-alexander-wilson-to-paul-henry-maty, accessed on 22 April 2026

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