Letter, 'Of a comet observed at Kirknewton' from Alexander Bryce to James Douglas

Reference number: L&P/4/316

Date: 11 April 1766

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. Alexander Brice, to the Earl of Morton, President of the R. S. giving an account of a comet seen by him'

Read 17 April 1766

Reference number: L&P/4/316
Earliest possible date: 11 April 1766
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a comet observed at Kirknewton' from Alexander Bryce to James Douglas, 11 April 1766, L&P/4/316, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_316/letter-of-a-comet-observed-at-kirknewton-from-alexander-bryce-to-james-douglas, accessed on 16 March 2026

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X. A letter from Mr. Alexander Brice, to the Earl of Morton, President of the R. S. giving an account of a comet seen by him External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1766

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1766.0010

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 4 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1760-1767 Reference number: L&P/4

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