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'Concerning the disposition of the Air and Spots discovered in the Planet Mars' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: RBO/3/32

Date: 1666

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Observations of the air from 2nd to 23rd March with times of day when observations made (figures in text)
Observations of Mars made in February and March
Read at the Royal Society on 28 March 1666
Observations of Mars printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1, no 11, p 198 and vol 1, no 14, p 239

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RBO/3/32
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1666
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4 pages
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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'Concerning the disposition of the Air and Spots discovered in the Planet Mars' by Robert Hooke, 1666, RBO/3/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_32/concerning-the-disposition-of-the-air-and-spots-discovered-in-the-planet-mars-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 20 June 2025

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