RefNo | AP/7/26 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished letter, regarding Charles Wildbore's paper from [Nevil] Maskelyne to Sir Joseph Banks |
Date | 16 July 1788 |
Description | Letter from Maskelyne regarding Wildbore's paper on spherical motion (see AP/7/16), requesting that Banks not forward his comments to Wildbore until he had a chance to meet him in person. He requests that Banks bring the comments to the 'club', where Maskelyne wished to modify a 'strong expression' in the interest of 'civility or delicacy' toward Wildbore. The expression was 'long exploded'.
Subject: Physics / Mathematics
Written by Maskelyne in Greenwich [London] and addressed to Banks in Soho Square [London]. |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1790.0028 |
RelatedRecord | AP/7/16 |
AP/7/26a |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |
NA5553 | Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811) | 1732 - 1811 |