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'Observation of the Ecclipse of the Moon made September 3 1671' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: RBO/4/33

Date: 1671

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Figure of Saturn observed in London by Hooke is attached
Read to the Royal Society on 16 November 1671

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RBO/4/33
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1671
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, 'Observation of the Ecclipse of the Moon made September 3 1671' by Robert Hooke, 1671, RBO/4/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_4_33/observation-of-the-ecclipse-of-the-moon-made-september-3-1671-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 18 July 2025

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