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Paper, 'The solar sclipse of 24 June' by William Wales

Reference number: L&P/7/61

Date: 24 June 1778

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the solar eclipse which happened June 24, 1778'

Read 9 July 1778

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L&P/7/61
Earliest possible date
24 June 1778
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Wales

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William Wales, Paper, 'The solar sclipse of 24 June' by William Wales, 24 June 1778, L&P/7/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_61/paper-the-solar-sclipse-of-24-june-by-william-wales, accessed on 21 June 2025

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