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Unpublished letter, regarding Charles Wildbore's paper from [Nevil] Maskelyne to Sir Joseph Banks

Reference number: AP/7/34

Date: 11 June 1790

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Letter from Maskelyne regarding Wildbore's expanded paper on spherical motion (see AP/7/16 for original version of manuscript), providing his final comments on the manuscript. He states that he agrees with Wildbore's calculations of rotatory motion and asserts that [John] Landen's method is wrong. At the bottom of the letter are notes relating to a comet [likely Comet C/1790 H1] observed at 10pm on 10 June 1790.

Subject: Physics / Astronomy

Written by Maskelyne in Greenwich [London].

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AP/7/34
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11 June 1790
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Ink on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Nevil Maskelyne

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Nevil Maskelyne, Unpublished letter, regarding Charles Wildbore's paper from [Nevil] Maskelyne to Sir Joseph Banks, 11 June 1790, AP/7/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_7_34/unpublished-letter-regarding-charles-wildbores-paper-from-nevil-maskelyne-to-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 27 April 2025

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