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Letter, 'Account of a comet' from Edward Gregory to Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/10/35

Date: 15 February 1793

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extracts of two letters from the Rev. Edward Gregory, M.A. Rector of Langar, Nottinghamshire, to the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, D.D. F. R. S. Astronomer Royal; containing an account of the discovery of a comet, with observations thereon'

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L&P/10/35
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15 February 1793
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Account of a comet' from Edward Gregory to Nevil Maskelyne, 15 February 1793, L&P/10/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_35/letter-account-of-a-comet-from-edward-gregory-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 20 January 2025

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