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Transcription of a letter from Robert Browne asking the President and Fellows of the Royal Society to consider his improvements in astronomy

Reference number: RBO/15/93

Date: 1731

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Read to the Royal Society on 3 June 1731

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RBO/15/93
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1731
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Transcription of a letter from Robert Browne asking the President and Fellows of the Royal Society to consider his improvements in astronomy, 1731, RBO/15/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_15_93/transcription-of-a-letter-from-robert-browne-asking-the-president-and-fellows-of-the-royal-society-to-consider-his-improvements-in-astronomy, accessed on 21 April 2026

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