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Reference numberAP/7/26a
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished copy of a letter, regarding Wildbore's paper from [Sir Joseph Banks] to [Charles Wildbore]
Date22 July 1788
DescriptionCopy of a letter from Banks regarding Wildbore's paper on spherical motion (see AP/7/16), introducing Nevil Maskelyne's comments on the paper (not present) ahead of presenting it to the Royal Society. He offers Wildbore a choice of submitting the paper in its present form or recalling the paper for further revisions.

This copy of a letter is on the verso of the first page of a letter from Maskelyne found at AP/7/26.

Subject: Physics / Mathematics
Extent1p
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/7/26
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8116Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist1744 - 1820
NA5553Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811)1732 - 1811
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