RefNo | L&P/2/387 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, 'Of the transit of Mercury over the Sun at Antigua 6 May 1753' from William Shervington to Benjamin Franklin |
Date | 20 June 1753 |
Description | Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter of Mr. William Shervington to Benjamin Franklin, Esq; of Philadelphia, concerning the transit of Mercury over the sun, on the 6 of May 1753, as observed in the Island of Antigua: Communicated by Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S'
Read 15 November 1753 |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1753.0048 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7974 | Franklin; Benjamin (1706 - 1790) | 1706 - 1790 |