Record

RefNoAP/7/29
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, regarding Wildbore's paper from Cha [Charles Wildbore] to the Earl of Stanhope [Charles Mahon]
Date24 April 1789
DescriptionCovering letter for Wildbore's 'enlarged and elucidated' paper on spherical motion, improving on his original manuscript found at AP/7/16 following comments from Nevil Maskelyne. He requests that Mahon transmit the new manuscript to Sir Joseph Banks.

Subject: Physics / Mathematics

Written by Wildbore in Broughton [Upper Broughton, Nottinghamshire, England].
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1790.0028
RelatedRecordAP/7/16
AP/7/31
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA687Mahon; Charles (1753 - 1816); 3rd Earl Stanhope1753 - 1816
NA8116Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist1744 - 1820
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