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Letter, 'On meteors' from Charles Blagden to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/8/59

Date: 1783

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some late fiery meteors; with observations. In a letter from Charles Blagden, M.D. Physician to the Army, Sec. R.S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S'

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L&P/8/59
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1783
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Ink on paper
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35 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Blagden

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Charles Blagden, Letter, 'On meteors' from Charles Blagden to Joseph Banks, 1783, L&P/8/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_59/letter-on-meteors-from-charles-blagden-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 20 January 2026

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