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Unpublished copy of a letter, regarding Wildbore's paper from [Sir Joseph Banks] to [Charles Wildbore]

Reference number: AP/7/26a

Date: 22 July 1788

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Copy of a letter from Banks regarding Wildbore's paper on spherical motion (see AP/7/16), introducing Nevil Maskelyne's comments on the paper (not present) ahead of presenting it to the Royal Society. He offers Wildbore a choice of submitting the paper in its present form or recalling the paper for further revisions.

This copy of a letter is on the verso of the first page of a letter from Maskelyne found at AP/7/26.

Subject: Physics / Mathematics

Reference number
AP/7/26a
Earliest possible date
22 July 1788
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Joseph Banks

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Joseph Banks, Unpublished copy of a letter, regarding Wildbore's paper from [Sir Joseph Banks] to [Charles Wildbore], 22 July 1788, AP/7/26a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_7_26a/unpublished-copy-of-a-letter-regarding-wildbores-paper-from-sir-joseph-banks-to-charles-wildbore, accessed on 18 January 2026

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