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 Delambre.

A letter to Nevil Maskelyne dated 7 June 1789, from Delambre, in French, presents NM with ‘Elemens des Tables’ that he has prepared using NM’s observations. Wishes to dedicate them to him if he will accept? Discusses finding Halley’s observations in Mayer’s work and other aspects of the work.

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Item reference:	MSK/3/3/22
Catalogue Section:	Personal collections
Level:	ITEM
Extent:	1 letter
Date made:	1778-06-12; 1789-06-07 1789-06-27 1804-05-06
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 Delambre.

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