Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks.
Letter dated 16 April 1781, includes specimen of paper for printing new lunar tables by Mr Mason which needs Banks’s approval; discusses ‘comet’ observed by Herschel, not yet ready to call it a planet, but acknowledging it lacks coma and tail and states that Herschel's lucky to have the instruments he does to ‘look accidentally’ at the fixt stars. A;so contains greetings to family Banks' family.
Administrative / biographical background
Nevil Maskelyne and Joseph Banks were both key members of the Board of Longitude.
Administrative / biographical background
Nevil Maskelyne and Joseph Banks were both key members of the Board of Longitude.
Record Details
| Item reference: | MSK/3/1/5 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1781-04-16 |
| Creator: | Maskelyne, Nevil |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/1)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/2)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/3)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/4)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/5)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/6)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/7)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/8)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/9)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/10)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/11)
- Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/1/12)
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