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Reference numberEL/F2/6
LevelItem
TitleAbstract of a letter, from J[ean] Chr[istophe] Facio Duillier to Nic[olas] Facio [Duillier], dated at Geneva
CreatorDuillier; Jean-Christophe Fatio (1656-1720)
Date31 May 1706
DescriptionObservations of a solar eclipse on 12 May 1706
Attached are notes from two chronicles (in Latin) about four circles observed about the sun in 1104
Read to the Royal Society on 12 June 1706
LanguageLatin
English
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
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Access statusOpen
Related materialPrinted in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 25, no 306, p 2241
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/605403b6-093f-4950-85db-f65e5adbe270
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8422Fatio de Duillier; Nicolas (1664 - 1753); mathematician and natural philosopher1664 - 1753
NA3143Fatio; Jean Christophe (- 1720) - 1720
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