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Letter, 'Result of calculations of the observations made at various places of the eclipse of the sun which happened 3 June 1788' from Giuseppe Piazzi to Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/9/113

Date: 04 November 1788

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Result of calculations of the observations made at various places of the eclipse of the Sun, which happened on June 3, 1788'

Read 15 Janaury 1789

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L&P/9/113
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04 November 1788
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Ink on paper
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12 pages
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Manuscript

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Giuseppe Piazzi

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Giuseppe Piazzi, Letter, 'Result of calculations of the observations made at various places of the eclipse of the sun which happened 3 June 1788' from Giuseppe Piazzi to Nevil Maskelyne, 04 November 1788, L&P/9/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_113/letter-result-of-calculations-of-the-observations-made-at-various-places-of-the-eclipse-of-the-sun-which-happened-3-june-1788-from-giuseppe-piazzi-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 22 January 2025

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