Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks.

Letter dated 14th May 1802 concerning Laplace’s theory of moon New tables of the moon from Mr Burg formed from Maskelyne’s observations. Nevil states that he would be honoured to be in correspondence with Baron Zach once again, thinking nothing of former disputes; Periodic time of Pallas.

Administrative / biographical background
Nevil Maskelyne and Joseph Banks were both key members of the Board of Longitude.

Record Details

Item reference: MSK/3/1/13
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 letter
Date made: 1802-05-14
Creator: Maskelyne, Nevil
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London