Letter from Nevil Maskelyne to William Smith, Dec. 26, 1769

Creator:

Maskelyne, Nevil (creator)

Name:

Smith, William, 1727-1803

Date:

1769-12-26

Description:

Thanking Smith for the account of the valuable observations on the transit of Venus. He will have them printed and goes on to ask more specific questions about the observations and who beyond David Rittenhouse conducted them. Maskelyne sent Penn his observations on the eclipses of Juniper’s first satellite.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

3 p. (2 leaves); 32 cm.

Geographic Subject:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

See full finding aid at: https://archives.upenn.edu/collections/finding-aid/upt50s664/

Physical Location:

UPT50 S664 Box 3, Folder 43

Collection:

William Smith Papers (University Archives); Penn in the Age of Franklin (University of Pennsylvania)