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Letter, 'Of the new comet' from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/10/31

Date: 19 January 1793

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Subejct: Astronomy

Read 24 January 1793

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L&P/10/31
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19 January 1793
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Nevil Maskelyne

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Nevil Maskelyne, Letter, 'Of the new comet' from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks, 19 January 1793, L&P/10/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_31/letter-of-the-new-comet-from-nevil-maskelyne-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 01 December 2024

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