Letter, 'Account of the dicovery of a comet' from Pierre Francoise Andre Mechain to Nevil Maskelyne
Reference number: L&P/9/39
Date: 11 April 1787
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Subject: Astronomy
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- L&P/9/39
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- 11 April 1787
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Pierre Francois Andre Mechain, Letter, 'Account of the dicovery of a comet' from Pierre Francoise Andre Mechain to Nevil Maskelyne, 11 April 1787, L&P/9/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_39/letter-account-of-the-dicovery-of-a-comet-from-pierre-francoise-andre-mechain-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 11 September 2024
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Decade 9 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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Nevil Maskelyne
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