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RefNoEL/M3/49
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Charles Mason to John Senex, dated at Trinity College Cambridge
CreatorMason; Charles (1699-1771)
Date27 February 1736
DescriptionObservations of the solar eclipse on 18 February 1737 witnessed at Trinity College Cambridge and at Kettering.

Ultimate page refers to the possibility of publishing Colin Maclaurin's observations of the solar eclipse (see EL/M3/50). These have been crossed out.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Place originTrinity College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Origin coordinates52.2, 0.11667
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPartially printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 40, no 447, p 175
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/5c101ed1-7ade-483f-b31c-83e36ba66650
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CodePersonNameDates
NA1244Mason; Charles (c 1699 - 1771)c 1699 - 1771
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