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Letter, 'About the comet' from Colin MacLaurin to Short

Reference number: L&P/1/66

Date: 04 March 1741

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Extract of a letter.

Subject: Astronomy

Read 11 March 1741

Reference number
L&P/1/66
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04 March 1741
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Colin MacLaurin

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Colin MacLaurin, Letter, 'About the comet' from Colin MacLaurin to Short, 04 March 1741, L&P/1/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_66/letter-about-the-comet-from-colin-maclaurin-to-short, accessed on 10 December 2024

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