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Paper, 'Further particulars of the fall of the Cold Bokkeveld meteorite' by Thomas Maclear in a letter to Sir John [Frederick William] Herschel

Reference number: PT/23/3

Date: 20 November 1839

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Subject: Geology / Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Further particulars of the fall of the cold Bokkeveld meteorolite. By Thomas Maclear, Esq. F.R.S. &c., in a letter to Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart. K. H. V. P. R. S. &c. &c. Communicated by Sir John F. W. Herschel'.

Written by Maclear at the Royal Observatory in Cape of Good Hope. Communicated by Herschel. Received by the Royal Society on 5 February 1840. Read 5 March 1840.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 4, 1843.

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PT/23/3
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20 November 1839
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Thomas Maclear, Paper, 'Further particulars of the fall of the Cold Bokkeveld meteorite' by Thomas Maclear in a letter to Sir John [Frederick William] Herschel, 20 November 1839, PT/23/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_23_3/paper-further-particulars-of-the-fall-of-the-cold-bokkeveld-meteorite-by-thomas-maclear-in-a-letter-to-sir-john-frederick-william-herschel, accessed on 23 January 2026

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