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Letter, 'Of the comet of Sept and Oct 1757' from D Klinkenberg to James Bradley

Reference number: L&P/3/280

Date: 13 December 1757

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the late comet in September and October 1757; made at the Hague by Mr. D. Klinkenberg: in a letter to the Rev. James Bradley, D. D. Astronomer Royal, and F. R. S, and Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Translated from the Low Dutch'

Read 12 January 1758

Reference number
L&P/3/280
Earliest possible date
13 December 1757
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the comet of Sept and Oct 1757' from D Klinkenberg to James Bradley, 13 December 1757, L&P/3/280, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_280/letter-of-the-comet-of-sept-and-oct-1757-from-d-klinkenberg-to-james-bradley, accessed on 12 September 2024

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