Record

Reference numberAP/7/17
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, regarding Charles Wildbore's paper from [Nevil] Maskelyne to Sir Joseph Banks
Date26 May 1787
DescriptionLetter from Maskelyne regarding Wildbore's paper on spherical motion (see AP/7/16), explaining that he read the paper but struggled to understand certain terms used by Wildbore, and doubts whether all of Wildbore's assertions are true, although he finds something 'neat, geometrical and ingenious' in the paper. He asks Banks to clarify these terms with Wildbore.

A note at the end of the letter explains that Maskelyne was unable to attend the Council of the Royal Society meeting due to a broken shin caused by a slipping ladder. He also requests that Banks accept his paper on latitude and longitude of Greenwich ('Concerning the latitude and longitude of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich; with remarks on a memorial of the late M. Cassini de Thury', published in volume 77 of Philosophical Transactions).

Subject: Physics / Mathematics
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1790.0028
Related records in the catalogueAP/7/16
AP/7/19
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA5553Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811)1732 - 1811
NA8116Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist1744 - 1820
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