'Account of Conical Appearances in the Heavens which seem to account for the Increase both of the Magnitude of the heavenly Bodies and their Distance from one another near the horizon' by William Derham
Reference number: RBO/9/105
Date: 1711

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Read to the Royal Society on 22 November 1711
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- RBO/9/105
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- 1711
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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'Account of Conical Appearances in the Heavens which seem to account for the Increase both of the Magnitude of the heavenly Bodies and their Distance from one another near the horizon' by William Derham, 1711, RBO/9/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_9_105/account-of-conical-appearances-in-the-heavens-which-seem-to-account-for-the-increase-both-of-the-magnitude-of-the-heavenly-bodies-and-their-distance-from-one-another-near-the-horizon-by-william-derham, accessed on 21 March 2025
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 9, copies of papers communicated 1699-1707
1699-1707 Reference number: RBO/9
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