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Letter from Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne, on a paper 'Report of an examination of the meteorites of Cranbourne, in Australia; of Rowton, in Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire' by Walter Flight to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/9/26

Date: 23 June 1882

Description

The photographs of the Cranbourne meterorite don't seem to reflect the meteorite itself, which is held in the British Museum. The photograph should be omitted, as it is 'ineffective'

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1882].

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RR/9/26
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23 June 1882
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Walter Flight

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Walter Flight, Letter from Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-Maskelyne, on a paper 'Report of an examination of the meteorites of Cranbourne, in Australia; of Rowton, in Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire' by Walter Flight to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 23 June 1882, RR/9/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_26/letter-from-mervyn-herbert-nevil-story-maskelyne-on-a-paper-report-of-an-examination-of-the-meteorites-of-cranbourne-in-australia-of-rowton-in-shropshire-and-of-middlesbrough-in-yorkshire-by-walter-flight-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 16 September 2024

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