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RefNoMS/597/2/4
Previous numbersMS 598 page 4
LevelItem
TitleDiagram and letter from Thomas Davis of Painswick to John Canton of the Academy in Spittle Square London
Date1738-1745
DescriptionPrinted diagram, with handwritten notes, being 'he manner of the Moon's appearance at London in her partial Eclisps on January the 13th at Night 1739 at the end of every 15 Minutes from 10 (24m after the Beginning) till 12.26m before its End.

Letter of 16 February 1744/5 from Thomas Davis at Painswick to Mr John Canton at the Academy in Spittle Square, London concerning the purchase of a telelscope
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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