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Paper, 'The sclipse of the Sun on 24 June, observed at Leicester' by William Ludlam

Reference number: L&P/7/68

Date: 1778

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Subject: Astronomy

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L&P/7/68
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1778
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Paper, 'The sclipse of the Sun on 24 June, observed at Leicester' by William Ludlam, 1778, L&P/7/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_68/paper-the-sclipse-of-the-sun-on-24-june-observed-at-leicester-by-william-ludlam, accessed on 15 October 2026

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