| Reference number | L&P/8/190 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'The transit of Mercury over the Sun's disk, observed at Louvain 3 May 1786' from Nathaniel Pigott to Nevil Mas
kelyne |
| Date | 27 May 1786 |
| Description | Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observation of the transit of Mercury over the Sun's disc, made at Louvain, in the Netherlands, May 3, 1786'
Read 15 June 1786 |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1786.0020 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8007 | Pigott; Nathaniel (1725 - 1804) | 1725 - 1804 |
| NA5553 | Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811) | 1732 - 1811 |