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Subject: Astronomy/Correspondence

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Reference number
L&P/5/204
Earliest possible date
1770
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Charles Messier

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Charles Messier, Letter, 'Of the Abbe Chappe's observations on the transits and of his death' from Charles Messier to John Hyacinth de Magellan, 1770, L&P/5/204, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_204/letter-of-the-abbe-chappes-observations-on-the-transits-and-of-his-death-from-charles-messier-to-john-hyacinth-de-magellan, accessed on 05 November 2024

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