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Letter, 'Of the late transit of Venus' from Nathaniel Pigott to John Bevis

Reference number: L&P/5/171

Date: 15 March 1770

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the late transit of Venus: by Nathan Pigott, esq; to Dr. Bevis, F. R. S'

Read 26 April 1770

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L&P/5/171
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15 March 1770
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Ink on paper
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13 pages
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Manuscript

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Nathaniel Pigott

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Nathaniel Pigott, Letter, 'Of the late transit of Venus' from Nathaniel Pigott to John Bevis, 15 March 1770, L&P/5/171, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_171/letter-of-the-late-transit-of-venus-from-nathaniel-pigott-to-john-bevis, accessed on 16 May 2025

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