Letter, 'Of the transit of Venus and the aberration of light' from John Winthrop to Benjamin Franklin
Reference number: L&P/5/169
Date: 06 September 1769
Description
Contains small figure.
Subejct: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from John Winthrop, Esq; F. R. S. Hollisian professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, at Cambridge, N. England; to B. Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S. dated Sept. 6. 1769'
Read 5 April 1770
- Reference number
- L&P/5/169
- Earliest possible date
- 06 September 1769
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Winthrop, Letter, 'Of the transit of Venus and the aberration of light' from John Winthrop to Benjamin Franklin, 06 September 1769, L&P/5/169, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_169/letter-of-the-transit-of-venus-and-the-aberration-of-light-from-john-winthrop-to-benjamin-franklin, accessed on 08 March 2026
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