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RefNoL&P/5/133
LevelItem
TitleLetter, 'Of the transit of Venus' from Joseph Jerome le Francois de Lalande to Nevil Maskelyne
Date8 August 1769
DescriptionSubject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations of the transit of Venus on June 3, 1769, and the eclipse of the Sun on the following day, made at Paris, and other places. Extracted from letters addressed from M. De la Lande, of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and F. R. S. to the Astronomer Royal; and from a letter addressed from M. Messier to Mr. Magalhaens'

Read 14 December 1769
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1769.0050
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7990Lalande; Joseph Jerome le Francois de (1732 - 1807)1732 - 1807
NA5553Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811)1732 - 1811
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