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Letter, 'Of the comet' from Robert Simson to John Machin

Reference number: L&P/1/67

Date: 01 March 1742

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Subject: Astronomy

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Reference number
L&P/1/67
Earliest possible date
01 March 1742
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the comet' from Robert Simson to John Machin, 01 March 1742, L&P/1/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_67/letter-of-the-comet-from-robert-simson-to-john-machin, accessed on 12 March 2026

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