RefNo | AP/7/34 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished letter, regarding Charles Wildbore's paper from [Nevil] Maskelyne to Sir Joseph Banks |
Date | 11 June 1790 |
Description | Letter from Maskelyne regarding Wildbore's expanded paper on spherical motion (see AP/7/16 for original version of manuscript), providing his final comments on the manuscript. He states that he agrees with Wildbore's calculations of rotatory motion and asserts that [John] Landen's method is wrong. At the bottom of the letter are notes relating to a comet [likely Comet C/1790 H1] observed at 10pm on 10 June 1790.
Subject: Physics / Astronomy
Written by Maskelyne in Greenwich [London]. |
Extent | 1p |
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 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA5553 | Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811) | 1732 - 1811 |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |