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Paper, 'Announcement of the comet of 18 August 1783' by Nathaniel Pigott

Reference number: L&P/8/92

Date: 1783

Description

Contains plate.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an observation of the meteor of August 18, 1783, made on Hewit Common near York. In a letter from Nathaniel Pigott, Esq. F. R. S to the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, D.D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal'

Read 24 June 1784

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L&P/8/92
Earliest possible date
1783
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
10 pages
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Manuscript

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Nathaniel Pigott

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Nathaniel Pigott, Paper, 'Announcement of the comet of 18 August 1783' by Nathaniel Pigott, 1783, L&P/8/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_92/paper-announcement-of-the-comet-of-18-august-1783-by-nathaniel-pigott, accessed on 05 October 2024

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