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RefNoPT/22/7
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'An account of the fall of a meteoric stone, in the Cold Bokkeveld, Cape of Good Hope' by Thos [Thomas] Maclear in a letter to Sir John F W [Frederick William] Herschel
Date24 November 1838
DescriptionLetter by Faraday published with this paper found at PT/22/8.

Subject: Astronomy / Geology

Published in volume 129 of Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the fall of a meteoric stone the Cold Bokkeveld, Cape of Good Hope. By Thomas Maclear, Esq. F. R. S. &c. in a letter to Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart. V. P. R. S. &c. &c. Communicated by Sir J. F. W. Herschel'.

Written by Maclear at the Royal Observatory in Cape of Good Hope. Communicated by Herschel. Received by the Royal Society on 7 March 1839. Read 21 March 1839.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1839.0006
RelatedRecordPT/22/8
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7105Maclear; Sir; Thomas (1794 - 1879)1794 - 1879
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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