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Letter, 'Of a meteor seen at Bath 20 October 1759' from Josiah Colebrook

Reference number: L&P/3/395

Date: 14 November 1759

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the same meteor, seen at Bath: In a letter to Tho. Birch, D. D. Sec. R. S. from Mr. Josiah Colebrooke, F. R. S'

Read 15 November 1759

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L&P/3/395
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14 November 1759
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a meteor seen at Bath 20 October 1759' from Josiah Colebrook, 14 November 1759, L&P/3/395, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_395/letter-of-a-meteor-seen-at-bath-20-october-1759-from-josiah-colebrook, accessed on 13 October 2024

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