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Letter, 'Account of a meteor' from John Hobart, Earl of Buckinghamshire to William Musgrave

Reference number: L&P/10/40

Date: 03 January 1793

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 7 February 1793

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L&P/10/40
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03 January 1793
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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John Hobart

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John Hobart, Letter, 'Account of a meteor' from John Hobart, Earl of Buckinghamshire to William Musgrave, 03 January 1793, L&P/10/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_40/letter-account-of-a-meteor-from-john-hobart-earl-of-buckinghamshire-to-william-musgrave, accessed on 13 September 2024

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