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Letter, 'The transit of Mercury' from James Hamilton to Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/8/24

Date: 16 November 1782

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Subject: Astronomy

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L&P/8/24
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16 November 1782
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Nevil Maskelyne

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Nevil Maskelyne, Letter, 'The transit of Mercury' from James Hamilton to Nevil Maskelyne, 16 November 1782, L&P/8/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_24/letter-the-transit-of-mercury-from-james-hamilton-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 17 July 2025

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