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Paper, 'Calculation of some observations of the solar eclipse on the 7th of Sept [September] 1820' by Charles Rumker

Reference number: PT/15/25

Date: 1821

Description

Pages are bound slightly out of order, with pages 2-5 followed by page 1.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Calculations of some observations of the solar eclipse on the 7th of September, 1820'.

Communicated by Thomas Young. Read 10 May 1821.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.

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PT/15/25
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1821
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Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

Carl Ludwig Christian Rumker

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Carl Ludwig Christian Rumker, Paper, 'Calculation of some observations of the solar eclipse on the 7th of Sept [September] 1820' by Charles Rumker, 1821, PT/15/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_15_25/paper-calculation-of-some-observations-of-the-solar-eclipse-on-the-7th-of-sept-september-1820-by-charles-rumker, accessed on 13 February 2026

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