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Paper, 'Astronomical observations' by Nathaniel Pigott

Reference number: L&P/7/200

Date: 1781

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Astronomical observations made by Nathaniel Pigott, Esq. F. R. S. Foreign Member of the Academies of Brussels and Caen, and Correspondent of the Academy of Sciences at Paris. Communicated by Sir Henry C. Englefield, Bart. F. R. and A. S'

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L&P/7/200
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1781
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4 pages
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Nathaniel Pigott

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Nathaniel Pigott, Paper, 'Astronomical observations' by Nathaniel Pigott, 1781, L&P/7/200, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_200/paper-astronomical-observations-by-nathaniel-pigott, accessed on 06 December 2025

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