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Letter, 'On the blue colour of the sky' from John Elliot to Richard Kirwan

Reference number: L&P/9/25

Date: 15 December 1786

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Subject: Astronomy

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L&P/9/25
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15 December 1786
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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John Elliot

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John Elliot, Letter, 'On the blue colour of the sky' from John Elliot to Richard Kirwan, 15 December 1786, L&P/9/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_25/letter-on-the-blue-colour-of-the-sky-from-john-elliot-to-richard-kirwan, accessed on 10 July 2025

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