RefNo | L&P/5/110 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, 'Of the transit of Venus and the solar eclipse' from John Canton to Nevil Maskelyne |
Date | 9 June 1769 |
Description | Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to the Astronomer Royal, from John Canton, M.A. F. R. S. containing his observations of the transit of Venus, June 3, 1769, and of the eclipse of the sun the next morning'
Read 15 June 1769 |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1769.0026 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA5672 | Canton; John (1718 - 1772); natural philosopher | 1718 - 1772 |
NA5553 | Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811) | 1732 - 1811 |