Joseph Planta
1744 - 1827
- Born
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21 February 1744
Castegna, Grisons, Switzerland
- Died
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03 December 1827
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 17/02/1774
- Relationships
- Son of Rev Andrew Joseph Planta (FRS 1770)
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
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Letter, 'An account of the Romansh language' from Joseph Planta to John Pringle
Creator: Joseph Planta Reference number: L&P/6/141 -
Paper, 'Report on the graduation of thermometers' by the Royal Society Commitee
Creator: Henry Cavendish, William Heberden, Alexander Aubert, Jean Andre De Luc, Nevil Maskelyne, Samuel Horsley, Joseph Planta Reference number: L&P/6/257 -
Papers, 'An accident by lightning at Purfleet' by Edward Nickson, Benjamin Wilson, William Henly, Edward Nairne, Timothy Lane, John Boddington and Joseph Planta
Creator: Benjamin Wilson, William Henly, Edward Nairne, Timothy Lane, Joseph Planta Reference number: L&P/7/26
Recipient of
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Unpublished paper, 'Further observations, relative to some experiments, on the nerves of living animals' by Wm [William] Cruikshank
Creator: William Cumberland Cruikshank Reference number: AP/4/5 -
Unpublished letters and paper, regarding the ramming of fuses for bombs by John Macdonald
Creator: William Roy, John Macdonald Reference number: AP/5/25 -
Letter, 'Essay towards discovering the degree of cold' from Joseph Mead to Joseph Planta
Reference number: L&P/6/205 -
Letters, 'On various subjects' from Charles Bacheley to Joseph Planta
Reference number: L&P/6/242 -
Letter, 'On Thomas Everitt, the big boy' by Richard Gough to Joseph Planta
Creator: Richard Gough Reference number: L&P/7/123 -
Letter, 'Observations on the late comet' from J D Pearse to Joseph Planta
Reference number: L&P/8/141
Most frequently corresponded with
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Caroline Lucretia Herschel
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John Frederick William Herschel
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