Record

RefNoAP/7/22
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, regarding Charles Wildbore's paper from Nevil Maskelyne to Sir Joseph Banks
Date26 June 1787
DescriptionLetter from Maskelyne regarding Wildbore's paper on spherical motion (see AP/7/16), responding to clarifications sent by Wildbore (see AP/7/21). Maskelyne states that he is unfamiliar with the work by [Leonhard] Euler to which Wildbore refers in his letter, but that he will find the work and read it before responding in full.

Subject: Physics / Mathematics

Written by Maskelyne in Greenwich [London] and addressed to Banks in Soho Square [London].
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1790.0028
RelatedRecordAP/7/16
AP/7/21
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8116Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist1744 - 1820
NA5553Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811)1732 - 1811
NA3570Euler; Leonhard (1707 - 1783)1707 - 1783
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