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Observations of the solar eclipse witnessed in Rome on 15 September 1727 by John Baptiste Carbone

Reference number: RBO/13/34

Date: 1728

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Engraving from 'Philosophical Transactions' attached
Read to the Royal Society on 7 May 1728

Reference number
RBO/13/34
Earliest possible date
1728
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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Observations of the solar eclipse witnessed in Rome on 15 September 1727 by John Baptiste Carbone, 1728, RBO/13/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_13_34/observations-of-the-solar-eclipse-witnessed-in-rome-on-15-september-1727-by-john-baptiste-carbone, accessed on 27 April 2025

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