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RefNoRBO/21/35
AltRefNoRBO.21.214
LevelItem
Title'An Eclipse of the Sun observed August the 4th 1738 by Mr George Graham and Mr Short at Mr Graham's House in Fleet Street London...'
Date1738
Description'...by a reflecting Telescope of twelve feet Focus armed with a micrometer, and by a reflecting Telescope of nine inches focal length'
Read to the Royal Society on 23 November 1738
LanguageEnglish
Extent2 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8405Graham; George (1673 - 1751)1673 - 1751
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