RefNo | L&P/5/205 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, 'Observation of the transit of Mercury, giving times observed by J Winthrop' from Benjamin Franklin to Nevil Maskelyne |
Date | 12 February 1770 |
Description | Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Dr. Franklyn, F. R. S. to the Astronomer Royal; containing an observation of the transit of Mercury over the Sun, November 9th 1769:'
Read 10 January 1771 |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1771.0003 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7974 | Franklin; Benjamin (1706 - 1790) | 1706 - 1790 |
NA5553 | Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811) | 1732 - 1811 |
NA4933 | Winthrop; John (1714 - 1779) | 1714 - 1779 |