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'Concerning the apparent magnitude of the Sun and Moon Or the Apparent Distance of two starrs, when Nigh the Horizon and when Higher Elevated' by William Molyneux dated 10 March 1687 at Dublin

Reference number: RBO/7/35

Date: 1687

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RBO/7/35
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1687
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7 pages
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'Concerning the apparent magnitude of the Sun and Moon Or the Apparent Distance of two starrs, when Nigh the Horizon and when Higher Elevated' by William Molyneux dated 10 March 1687 at Dublin, 1687, RBO/7/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_7_35/concerning-the-apparent-magnitude-of-the-sun-and-moon-or-the-apparent-distance-of-two-starrs-when-nigh-the-horizon-and-when-higher-elevated-by-william-molyneux-dated-10-march-1687-at-dublin, accessed on 12 May 2026

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