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'Observations of the Lunar Eclipse of September 8 1736 at Hudson's Bay; and of an uncommon Effect of Cold on the Magnetical Needle in a Voyage thither' by Captain Christopher Middleton

Reference number: RBO/21/22

Date: 1738

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Read to the Royal Society on 20 April 1738

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RBO/21/22
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1738
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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'Observations of the Lunar Eclipse of September 8 1736 at Hudson's Bay; and of an uncommon Effect of Cold on the Magnetical Needle in a Voyage thither' by Captain Christopher Middleton, 1738, RBO/21/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_21_22/observations-of-the-lunar-eclipse-of-september-8-1736-at-hudsons-bay-and-of-an-uncommon-effect-of-cold-on-the-magnetical-needle-in-a-voyage-thither-by-captain-christopher-middleton, accessed on 04 November 2024

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