Letter, 'Further particulars respecting the observatory at Benares [Jantar Mantar, Varanasi, India] ' from John Lloyd Williams to William Marsden
Reference number: L&P/10/33
Date: 23 March 1792
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Further particulars respecting the observatory at Benares, of which an acount, with plates, is given by Sir Robert Barker, in the LXVIIth Vol. of the Philosophical Transaction. In a letter to William Marsden, Esq. F. R. S. from John Lloyd Williams, Esq. of Benares'
Read 31 January 1793
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- L&P/10/33
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- 23 March 1792
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- 6 pages
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John Lloyd Williams, Letter, 'Further particulars respecting the observatory at Benares [Jantar Mantar, Varanasi, India] ' from John Lloyd Williams to William Marsden, 23 March 1792, L&P/10/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_33/letter-further-particulars-respecting-the-observatory-at-benares-jantar-mantar-varanasi-india-from-john-lloyd-williams-to-william-marsden, accessed on 17 April 2026
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V. Further particulars respecting the observatory at Benares, of which an acount, with plates, is given by Sir Robert Barker, in the LXVIIth Vol. of the Philosophical Transaction. In a letter to William Marsden, Esq. F. R. S. from John Lloyd Williams, Esq. of Benares External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1793
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1793.0006
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Decade 10 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1792-1796 Reference number: L&P/10
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