Record

Reference numberL&P/5/120/1
LevelItem
TitleLetter, 'Of the transit of Venus as observed at Norton, near Leicester' from William Hirst to Nevil Maskelyne
Date15 June 1769
DescriptionSubject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of several phaenomena observed during the ingress of Venus into the solar disc. By the Reverend W. Hirst, F. R. S. in a letter to the Astronomer Royal'

Read 16 November 1769
Extent15p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1769.0031
Related records in the catalogueL&P/5/120
L&P/5/120/2
L&P/5/120/3
L&P/5/120/4
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA5553Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811)1732 - 1811
NA7700Hirst; William (- ? 1769); astronomer - ? 1769
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