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Letter, 'The meteor of 13 November' from Henry Lawson to Alexander Aubert

Reference number: L&P/12/64

Date: 17 November 1803

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 15 December 1803

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L&P/12/64
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17 November 1803
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Lawson

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Henry Lawson, Letter, 'The meteor of 13 November' from Henry Lawson to Alexander Aubert, 17 November 1803, L&P/12/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_64/letter-the-meteor-of-13-november-from-henry-lawson-to-alexander-aubert, accessed on 16 March 2025

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