RefNo | L&P/4/35 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, 'Translated extracts of a letter on the parallax of the Moon' from Nicolas Louis de La Caille to William Watson |
Date | 1760 |
Description | Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from the Abbé De la Caille, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and F. R. S. to William Watson, M. D. F. R. S. recommending to the Rev. Mr. Nevil Maskelyne, F. R. S. to make at St. Helena a series of observations for discovering the parallax of the Moon'
Read 8 January 1761 |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1761.0006 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7588 | Watson; Sir; William (1715 - 1787) | 1715 - 1787 |