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Read to the Royal Society on 24 March 1736

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RBO/20/24
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1736
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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'Observations of the Comet and of the Solar Eclipse of February 18th at West Horsley in Surrey' by William Nicholas, 1736, RBO/20/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_20_24/observations-of-the-comet-and-of-the-solar-eclipse-of-february-18th-at-west-horsley-in-surrey-by-william-nicholas, accessed on 20 July 2025

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