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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/3/380
Earliest possible date
01 May 1759
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Nicholas Munckley

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Nicholas Munckley, Paper, 'Of the comet of 1692' by Nicholas Munckley, 01 May 1759, L&P/3/380, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_380/paper-of-the-comet-of-1692-by-nicholas-munckley, accessed on 10 February 2025

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