Record

RefNoLBO/19/145
AltRefNoLBO/19/362
LevelFile
TitleCopy letter from Eustachio Manfredi, Bologna, to Thomas Dereham
Date12 October 1729
Description ' A Letter from Signor Manfredi to Sior Thomas Dereham, concerning Mr Bradley's discovery of the motion of the fixt Stars, Mr Machin's Laws of the Moon's motion; Dr Derham's observations and Theory of Venus : with other notices : thanks for election etc. '

Translated and read to the Royal Society on 29 January 1729/1730

Copy of original letter and of a translation of it by Dr Mortimer.
LanguageItalian
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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