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 Lalande.

A letter to Nevil Maskelyne dated 30 Oct 1788, from Lalande, complete letter written on paper fragment, in French, re their sightings of Georgium Sydus, impatience to gain more information, going to send NM a book by Euler, greetings to Dr Shepherd,et al.

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Item reference:	MSK/3/3/15
Catalogue Section:	Personal collections
Level:	ITEM
Extent:	1 letter
Date made:	1788-08-27; 1788-10-30
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 Lalande.

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