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 L’Abbe Poczobut.

A letter to Nevil Maskelyne dated 10 August 1777, from L’Abbe Poczobut Astronome du Roi Pologne, in French, regarding his astronomical work and asking for assistance for his colleague Mr L’Abbe-Strzecki who is in London searching for ‘montre des longitudes dela facon de Mr Harrison’ and several instruments for their observatory.

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Item reference:	MSK/3/3/12
Catalogue Section:	Personal collections
Level:	ITEM
Extent:	1 letter
Date made:	1777-08-10; 1805-03-21
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 L’Abbe Poczobut.

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