Record

RefNoAP/7/33
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, regarding Charles Wildbore's paper from N [Nevil] Maskelyne to Sir Joseph Banks
Date19 May 1790
DescriptionLetter from Maskelyne regarding Wildbore's expanded paper on spherical motion (see AP/7/16 for original version of manuscript), stating that he has not had the time to peruse it properly due to the recent discovery by Miss [Caroline] Herschel of a new comet [Comet C/1790 H1] in April 1790. Maskelyne provides observations from the evening of 18 May 1790 of this comet.

Subject: Physics / Astronomy

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