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'Observations of the occultation of Mars by the Moon October 7 and of the Transit of Mercury over the Sun's Disk October 31 1736 made in Fleet Street, London with a Refracting Telescope of 12 feet by Mr George Graham'

Reference number: RBO/20/5

Date: 1736

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Read to the Royal Society on 11 November 1736

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RBO/20/5
Earliest possible date
1736
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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'Observations of the occultation of Mars by the Moon October 7 and of the Transit of Mercury over the Sun's Disk October 31 1736 made in Fleet Street, London with a Refracting Telescope of 12 feet by Mr George Graham', 1736, RBO/20/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_20_5/observations-of-the-occultation-of-mars-by-the-moon-october-7-and-of-the-transit-of-mercury-over-the-suns-disk-october-31-1736-made-in-fleet-street-london-with-a-refracting-telescope-of-12-feet-by-mr-george-graham, accessed on 05 December 2024

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