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Paper, 'Astronomical observations in the Austrian Netherlands in 1772 and 1773' by Natheniel Pigott

Reference number: L&P/6/158

Date: 02 September 1773

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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 9 December 1775

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L&P/6/158
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02 September 1773
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28 pages
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Nathaniel Pigott

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Nathaniel Pigott, Paper, 'Astronomical observations in the Austrian Netherlands in 1772 and 1773' by Natheniel Pigott, 02 September 1773, L&P/6/158, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_158/paper-astronomical-observations-in-the-austrian-netherlands-in-1772-and-1773-by-natheniel-pigott, accessed on 11 September 2024

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