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Paper, 'On the return of the comet of 1682' by John Bevis

Reference number: L&P/3/379

Date: 03 May 1759

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the comet seen in May 1759'

Read 3 May 1759

Reference number
L&P/3/379
Earliest possible date
03 May 1759
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Bevis

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John Bevis, Paper, 'On the return of the comet of 1682' by John Bevis, 03 May 1759, L&P/3/379, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_379/paper-on-the-return-of-the-comet-of-1682-by-john-bevis, accessed on 18 July 2026

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