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Observations of Mercury and Venus by John Bevis

Reference number: RBO/20/36

Date: 1737

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Observations made at Greenwich with Edmond Halley of a conjunction of Mercury and Venus
Read to the Royal Society on 19 May 1737

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RBO/20/36
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1737
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Observations of Mercury and Venus by John Bevis, 1737, RBO/20/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_20_36/observations-of-mercury-and-venus-by-john-bevis, accessed on 09 June 2026

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