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Letter, 'Astronomical observations made in the Spanish Netherlands' from Nathaniel Pigott to Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/6/146

Date: 11 August 1775

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Astronomical observations made int he Austrian Netherlands in 1772 and 1773. By Nathaniel Pigott, Esquire, F. R. S. Foreign Member of the Academies of Brussels and Caen. In a letter to the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, F. R. S'

Read 14 December 1775

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L&P/6/146
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11 August 1775
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16 pages
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Manuscript

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Nathaniel Pigott

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Nathaniel Pigott, Letter, 'Astronomical observations made in the Spanish Netherlands' from Nathaniel Pigott to Maskelyne, 11 August 1775, L&P/6/146, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_146/letter-astronomical-observations-made-in-the-spanish-netherlands-from-nathaniel-pigott-to-maskelyne, accessed on 08 December 2025

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