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Eric Forbes

American historian of astronomy (1933–1984)

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  • Eric Gray Forbes. Photograph.

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    The correspondence of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal / compiled and edited by Eric G. Forbes, and (for Maria Forbes) by Lesley Murdin and Frances Willmoth.

    John Flamsteed | Date: [1995], ©1995
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    Human implications of scientific advance : proceedings of the 15th International Congress of the History of Science, Edinburgh, 10-15 August 1977 / edited by E.G. Forbes.

    International Congress on the History of Sciences | Date: 1978
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    The Euler-Mayer correspondence (1751-1755) : a new perspective on eighteenth-century advances in the lunar theory / by Eric G. Forbes.

    Leonhard Euler | Date: [1971]
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    Index of fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh elected from 1783 to 1882 ... / Compiled by Clare Gaffney, assisted by Patrick Murray and Dawn Gilmour ; edited and introduced by Eric G. Forbes.

    | Date: 1980
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    The unpublished writings of Tobias Mayer / by Eric G. Forbes.

    Tobias Mayer | Date: 1972
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