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Letter, 'Of the comet discovered by Mechain on the 7 August in the Lynx' from Johann Eilert Bode to Johann Moritz Bruhl

Reference number: L&P/11/106

Date: 09 November 1799

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Subject: Astronomy

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L&P/11/106
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09 November 1799
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Johann Elert Bode

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Johann Elert Bode, Letter, 'Of the comet discovered by Mechain on the 7 August in the Lynx' from Johann Eilert Bode to Johann Moritz Bruhl, 09 November 1799, L&P/11/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_106/letter-of-the-comet-discovered-by-mechain-on-the-7-august-in-the-lynx-from-johann-eilert-bode-to-johann-moritz-bruhl, accessed on 24 June 2025

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