London Marathon this Sunday

Cutty Sark will be closed on Sunday 27 April until 2pm due to the London Marathon. All other sites are open to visitors and spectators as normal, but please check road closures before you travel and allow extra time as the area will be busy. Parking at the National Maritime Museum is unavailable all day.

Letter to Nevil Maskelyne from Mechain.

A letter to Nevil Maskelyne month unclear, possibly 14 July 1786, from Mechain in French, thanks for details of a new comet discovered by Caroline Herschel, and receipt of the Nautical Almanac. Discussing tables and mentions Dr Shepherd, le Marquis de Condorcet, Lord Howe, Mr Parker, M. Magellan, M. Savon, de Chabert, recent work of Laplace. Provides several observations.

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Item reference:	MSK/3/3/6
Catalogue Section:	Personal collections
Level:	ITEM
Extent:	1 letter
Date made:	1786-07-14
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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Maskelyne, Nevil, Reverend, Astronomer, 1732-1811; and other members of the Maskelyne family. (Manuscript) (MSK)
- A series of letters to and from Nevil Maskelyne. (Manuscript) (MSK/3)
  - Letters to Nevil Maskelyne from other astronomers, mostly foreign. (Manuscript) (MSK/3/3/1-25)

London Marathon this Sunday

Letter to Nevil Maskelyne from Mechain.

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