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'The construction of the famous annular Eclipse of the Sun at London March 21 1764 from Astro. Car. Ed. 3 in a letter from Mr Joseph Smith to Edmond Halley'

Reference number: RBO/13/80

Date: 1728

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Original letter dated 28 March 1728
Figure of the eclipse in text
Read to the Royal Society on 4 April 1728

Reference number
RBO/13/80
Earliest possible date
1728
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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'The construction of the famous annular Eclipse of the Sun at London March 21 1764 from Astro. Car. Ed. 3 in a letter from Mr Joseph Smith to Edmond Halley', 1728, RBO/13/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_13_80/the-construction-of-the-famous-annular-eclipse-of-the-sun-at-london-march-21-1764-from-astro-car-ed-3-in-a-letter-from-mr-joseph-smith-to-edmond-halley, accessed on 16 March 2025

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