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Letter, 'Of the comet' from Mark Day to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/3/408

Date: 10 January 1760

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the said comet'

Read 17 January 1760

Reference number
L&P/3/408
Earliest possible date
10 January 1760
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the comet' from Mark Day to George Parker, 10 January 1760, L&P/3/408, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_408/letter-of-the-comet-from-mark-day-to-george-parker, accessed on 21 May 2025

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