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Paper, 'Account by Nevil Maskelyne of Piazzi's discovery of new planet' by Giuseppe Piazzi

Reference number: L&P/11/174

Date: 1801

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 10 December 1801

Reference number
L&P/11/174
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1801
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Giuseppe Piazzi

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Giuseppe Piazzi, Paper, 'Account by Nevil Maskelyne of Piazzi's discovery of new planet' by Giuseppe Piazzi, 1801, L&P/11/174, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_174/paper-account-by-nevil-maskelyne-of-piazzis-discovery-of-new-planet-by-giuseppe-piazzi, accessed on 15 August 2026

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