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Letter, 'The transit of Mercury over the Sun's disk, observed at Louvain 3 May 1786' from Nathaniel Pigott to Nevil Mas kelyne

Reference number: L&P/8/190

Date: 27 May 1786

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observation of the transit of Mercury over the Sun's disc, made at Louvain, in the Netherlands, May 3, 1786'

Read 15 June 1786

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L&P/8/190
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27 May 1786
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Ink on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Nathaniel Pigott

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Nathaniel Pigott, Letter, 'The transit of Mercury over the Sun's disk, observed at Louvain 3 May 1786' from Nathaniel Pigott to Nevil Mas kelyne, 27 May 1786, L&P/8/190, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_190/letter-the-transit-of-mercury-over-the-suns-disk-observed-at-louvain-3-may-1786-from-nathaniel-pigott-to-nevil-mas-kelyne, accessed on 06 December 2025

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