Letter, 'Of the computation of the Sun's distance from the earth by the theory of gravity' from Samuel Horsley to Matthew Maty
Reference number: L&P/5/100
Date: 05 May 1769
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the computation of the sun's distance from the earth, by the theory of gravity: In a letter to Mathew Maty, M.D. Sec. R. S. from the Rev. Mr. Horsley, F. R. S'
Read 1 June 1769
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- L&P/5/100
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- 05 May 1769
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- 3 pages
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Samuel Horsley, Letter, 'Of the computation of the Sun's distance from the earth by the theory of gravity' from Samuel Horsley to Matthew Maty, 05 May 1769, L&P/5/100, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_100/letter-of-the-computation-of-the-suns-distance-from-the-earth-by-the-theory-of-gravity-from-samuel-horsley-to-matthew-maty, accessed on 27 April 2025
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Date: 31st December 1769
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1769.0019
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Decade 5 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1768-1772 Reference number: L&P/5
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