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Letter, 'Astronomical observations' from J A Mallet to John Bevis

Reference number: L&P/5/185

Date: 13 April 1770

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Mr. Mallet, of Geneva, to Dr. Bevis, F. R. S'

Read 21 June 1770

Reference number
L&P/5/185
Earliest possible date
13 April 1770
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Astronomical observations' from J A Mallet to John Bevis, 13 April 1770, L&P/5/185, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_185/letter-astronomical-observations-from-j-a-mallet-to-john-bevis, accessed on 21 March 2025

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