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Letter, 'The comet of 1744' from Thomas Clap to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/1/308

Date: 01 April 1744

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 8 November 1744

Reference number
L&P/1/308
Earliest possible date
01 April 1744
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'The comet of 1744' from Thomas Clap to Cromwell Mortimer, 01 April 1744, L&P/1/308, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_308/letter-the-comet-of-1744-from-thomas-clap-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 25 March 2025

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