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Paper, 'On the precession of the equinoxes' by Samuel Vince

Reference number: L&P/9/58

Date: 1787

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Contains plate.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the precession of the equinoxes'

Read 21 June 1787

Reference number
L&P/9/58
Earliest possible date
1787
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
10 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Samuel Vince

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Samuel Vince, Paper, 'On the precession of the equinoxes' by Samuel Vince, 1787, L&P/9/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_58/paper-on-the-precession-of-the-equinoxes-by-samuel-vince, accessed on 16 June 2025

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