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Subject: Astronomy

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Reference number
L&P/9/219
Earliest possible date
12 September 1791
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Richard Hill Waring

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Richard Hill Waring, Letter, 'On the occurence of Lac Lunae' from Richard Hill Waring to Owen Salusbury Brereton, 12 September 1791, L&P/9/219, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_219/letter-on-the-occurence-of-lac-lunae-from-richard-hill-waring-to-owen-salusbury-brereton, accessed on 18 May 2026

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