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Observations of the moon by Polenus

Reference number: RBO/14/123

Date: 1730

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Two sets of observations - one witnessed on 13 February 1729 and the other on 8 Ides of July 1729
Read to the Royal Society on 21 May 1730

Reference number
RBO/14/123
Earliest possible date
1730
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Observations of the moon by Polenus, 1730, RBO/14/123, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_123/observations-of-the-moon-by-polenus, accessed on 12 May 2025

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