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Letter, 'On variations of light in the star Algol' by Henry Charles Englefield

Reference number: L&P/8/39

Date: 03 July 1783

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An observation of the variation of light in the start Algol In a letter from Sir Henry C. Englefield, Bart. F.R.S. and S.A. to Joseph Planta, Esq. Sec. R.S'

Read 6 November 1783

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L&P/8/39
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03 July 1783
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Charles Englefield

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Henry Charles Englefield, Letter, 'On variations of light in the star Algol' by Henry Charles Englefield, 03 July 1783, L&P/8/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_39/letter-on-variations-of-light-in-the-star-algol-by-henry-charles-englefield, accessed on 16 January 2025

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