Paper, 'Advertisement of the expected return of the comet of 1532 and 1661 in the year 1788' by Nevil Maskelyne
Reference number: L&P/9/4
Date: 1786
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Advertisement of the expected return of the comet of 1532 and 1661 in the year 1788'
Read 29 June 1786
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- L&P/9/4
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- 1786
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- 6 pages
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- Manuscript
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Nevil Maskelyne, Paper, 'Advertisement of the expected return of the comet of 1532 and 1661 in the year 1788' by Nevil Maskelyne, 1786, L&P/9/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_4/paper-advertisement-of-the-expected-return-of-the-comet-of-1532-and-1661-in-the-year-1788-by-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 24 January 2025
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XXIV. Advertisement of the expected return of the comet of 1532 and 1661 in the year 1788 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1786
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1786.0024
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Decade 9 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1786-1792 Reference number: L&P/9
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