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Paper, 'A proposal for detecting any great concealed motion which may belong in common to all the bodies of the solar systems' by Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/8/183

Date: 02 March 1786

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Contains one plate.

Subject: Astronomy

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Reference number
L&P/8/183
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02 March 1786
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Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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Nevil Maskelyne

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Nevil Maskelyne, Paper, 'A proposal for detecting any great concealed motion which may belong in common to all the bodies of the solar systems' by Nevil Maskelyne, 02 March 1786, L&P/8/183, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_183/paper-a-proposal-for-detecting-any-great-concealed-motion-which-may-belong-in-common-to-all-the-bodies-of-the-solar-systems-by-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 16 September 2024

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