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A photocopy of Porter's 'A Very Extraordinary Man', 'The Listener', 31 March 1949, pp. 529-530, regarding Pierre Simon, Marquis de Laplace.

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Pierre-Simon Laplace's printed account for determining the orbit of comets, from 'Memoires de l'Academie Royal des Sciences', 1780, presented to Maskelyne on behalf of the author.

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An undated photostat of a letter in French from Pierre Mechain to Nevil Maskelyne, 14 September 1786, concerning observations of the planet Uranus discovered by W. Herschel (which he refers to as the 'comet'), and mentioning the work of Laplace with regard to Saturn and Jupiter.

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Letter from Charles Blagden, Paris, regarding Pierre-Simon Laplace's lunar theory and the minor planet Pallas.

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The letters are primarily from Nevil Maskelyne but include three sent to Andrews by Margaret Maskelyne, following the death of her father.

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The letters are primarily from Nevil Maskelyne but include three sent to Andrews by Margaret Maskelyne, following the death of her father.

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An undated photostat of a letter from Nevil Maskelyne to Sir Joseph Banks, 14 May 1802, informing him that he has received from Charles Blagden a memoir by P.S. de Laplace on the theory of the Moon and commenting that he hopes to soon receive a set of tables of the Moon prepared by J.T. Burg.

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous papers concerning astronomical matters, including letters from Sir J.F.W. Herschel, J. Challis, R.C. Carrington, F.A.T. Winnecke, W. De La Rue and A. de Morgan. The subjects covered include a diagram of the distribution of solar spots; a newspaper cutting from the 'Panama Star and Herald' on Jones' observations of the zodiacal light; a diagram of a bright spot on the unilluminated Moon; charts on the occultations of the Pleiades, 1857-1859; letters on ancient eclipses; a...

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Loose papers on physical astronomy containing a considerable number of miscellaneous calculations, including works on the force of the Sun on the Moon in the direction of the radius vector, methods for finding alterations of the plane of the lunar orbit, and abstracts on the work of Laplace and Lagrange.

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A collection of loose portrait plates, chiefly of astronomers, printed from engravings, drawings and photographs. The portraits are arranged alphabetically by surname of the sitter. Alongside astronomers, sitters include physicists, mathematicians and other scientists of note. The collection also includes a single portrait of King Charles II, an RGO staff photograph, and a book of portraits of astronomers.