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Reference code
Adams/Box 33/14/fol.27-28
Unique identifier
GB 275 Adams/Box 33/14/fol.27-28
Title
Copy of letter to unknown recipient
Date(s)
- 8 Jan. 1847 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
2p, foolscap paper
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Neptune. Letter from some members (unspecified) of the Royal Astronomical Society, asking for support against the name "LeVerrier" for the new planet. Marked as "not sent". Transcript from Airy's correspondence files in RGO Archives, copied for D.MacAlister 1893-1894.