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Unpublished letter, regarding Wildbore's paper from Cha [Charles Wildbore] to the Earl of Stanhope [Charles Mahon]

Reference number: AP/7/29

Date: 24 April 1789

Description

Covering letter for Wildbore's 'enlarged and elucidated' paper on spherical motion, improving on his original manuscript found at AP/7/16 following comments from Nevil Maskelyne. He requests that Mahon transmit the new manuscript to Sir Joseph Banks.

Subject: Physics / Mathematics

Written by Wildbore in Broughton [Upper Broughton, Nottinghamshire, England].

Reference number
AP/7/29
Earliest possible date
24 April 1789
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished letter, regarding Wildbore's paper from Cha [Charles Wildbore] to the Earl of Stanhope [Charles Mahon], 24 April 1789, AP/7/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_7_29/unpublished-letter-regarding-wildbores-paper-from-cha-charles-wildbore-to-the-earl-of-stanhope-charles-mahon, accessed on 19 November 2025

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