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Read to the Royal Society on 9 January 1728

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RBO/13/71
Earliest possible date
1728
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24 pages
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Manuscript

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Observations of the motion of fixed stars from a letter from the Reverend Mr James Bradley Savllian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford to Edmond Halley, 1728, RBO/13/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_13_71/observations-of-the-motion-of-fixed-stars-from-a-letter-from-the-reverend-mr-james-bradley-savllian-professor-of-astronomy-at-oxford-to-edmond-halley, accessed on 03 December 2024

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