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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

Reference number
L&P/9/4
Earliest possible date
1786
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Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Nevil Maskelyne

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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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