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Subject: Astronomy

Read 25 March 1784

Reference number
L&P/8/67
Earliest possible date
1784
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Pierre Francois Andre Mechain

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Pierre Francois Andre Mechain, Note, 'On the Comte de Casssini's comet' by Pierre Mechain, 1784, L&P/8/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_67/note-on-the-comte-de-casssinis-comet-by-pierre-mechain, accessed on 11 November 2024

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