Letter, 'Of the meteor of 20 Nov' from William Dutton to Thomas Birch
Reference number: L&P/3/404
Date: 01 December 1759
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the meteor seen at Chigwell Row, in Essex, on the 20th of October 1759: In a letter to the Rev. Dr. Birch, Secretary of the Royal Society, from Mr. William Dutton, Watchmaker in Fleet-Street'
Read 6 December 1759
- Reference number
- L&P/3/404
- Earliest possible date
- 01 December 1759
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, 'Of the meteor of 20 Nov' from William Dutton to Thomas Birch, 01 December 1759, L&P/3/404, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_404/letter-of-the-meteor-of-20-nov-from-william-dutton-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 15 March 2025
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