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Letter, 'Some new observations by Messier on the Comet' from John Hyacinth de Magellan to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/7/84

Date: 29 January 1779

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Subject: Astronomy

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L&P/7/84
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29 January 1779
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Hyacinth de Magellan

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John Hyacinth de Magellan, Letter, 'Some new observations by Messier on the Comet' from John Hyacinth de Magellan to Joseph Banks, 29 January 1779, L&P/7/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_84/letter-some-new-observations-by-messier-on-the-comet-from-john-hyacinth-de-magellan-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 14 September 2024

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