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Letter, 'Of comets as described in a MS in Pembroke Hall library, Cambridge' from Richard Dunthorne to Roger Long

Reference number: L&P/2/237

Date: 05 October 1751

Description

Contains a table.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. Rich. Dunthorne to the Rev. Dr. Long, F. R. S. Master of Pembroke-Hall in Cambridge, and Lowndes's Professor of Astronomy and Geometry in that university, concerning comets'

Read 14 November 1751

Reference number
L&P/2/237
Earliest possible date
05 October 1751
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of comets as described in a MS in Pembroke Hall library, Cambridge' from Richard Dunthorne to Roger Long, 05 October 1751, L&P/2/237, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_237/letter-of-comets-as-described-in-a-ms-in-pembroke-hall-library-cambridge-from-richard-dunthorne-to-roger-long, accessed on 26 April 2025

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