Letter, 'A letter on the observation of a luminous arch' from Francis John Hyde Wollaston to Francis Wollaston
Reference number: L&P/9/153
Date: 24 February 1784
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from F. J. H. Wollaston (dated Sydney College, Cambridge, February 24, 1784) to the Rev. Francis Wollaston, LL. B. F. R. S'
Read 14 December 1786
- Reference number
- L&P/9/153
- Earliest possible date
- 24 February 1784
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- Ink on paper
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Francis John Hyde Wollaston, Letter, 'A letter on the observation of a luminous arch' from Francis John Hyde Wollaston to Francis Wollaston, 24 February 1784, L&P/9/153, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_153/letter-a-letter-on-the-observation-of-a-luminous-arch-from-francis-john-hyde-wollaston-to-francis-wollaston, accessed on 15 March 2025
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IV. Extract of a letter from F. J. H. Wollaston (dated Sydney College, Cambridge, February 24, 1784) to the Rev. Francis Wollaston, LL. B. F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1790
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1790.0007
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