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'An Explication of the Experiment made in May, as a further confirmation of what was said in a Paper given in last March, to account for the appearance of the horizontal Moon seeming larger than when higher' by Dr Desaguliers

Reference number: RBO/19/29

Date: 1735

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For initial experiment see RBO/19/12 page 71
Details of experiment made with three ivory balls (figure in text) to show that 'the horizontal moon to be much further than it is'
For engraved figure see p 73
Read to the Royal Society on 26 June 1735

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RBO/19/29
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1735
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3 pages
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'An Explication of the Experiment made in May, as a further confirmation of what was said in a Paper given in last March, to account for the appearance of the horizontal Moon seeming larger than when higher' by Dr Desaguliers, 1735, RBO/19/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_19_29/an-explication-of-the-experiment-made-in-may-as-a-further-confirmation-of-what-was-said-in-a-paper-given-in-last-march-to-account-for-the-appearance-of-the-horizontal-moon-seeming-larger-than-when-higher-by-dr-desaguliers, accessed on 12 October 2026

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