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Letter, 'Of Mark Day's letter on the comet or aurora of March 10 1760' from Nathaniel Bliss to Morton

Reference number: L&P/4/7

Date: 01 April 1760

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Subject: Astronomy

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Reference number
L&P/4/7
Earliest possible date
01 April 1760
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Nathaniel Bliss

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Nathaniel Bliss, Letter, 'Of Mark Day's letter on the comet or aurora of March 10 1760' from Nathaniel Bliss to Morton, 01 April 1760, L&P/4/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_7/letter-of-mark-days-letter-on-the-comet-or-aurora-of-march-10-1760-from-nathaniel-bliss-to-morton, accessed on 10 November 2024

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