RGO Archives/RGO 35 contains:
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2	Letters from Edmond Halley
3	List of Mrs Maskelyne's gifts
4	Letter from M. Jeaurat
5	Letter from M. Pingrelle
6	Correspondence with Mungo Park
7	Letter from Pierre Mechain
8	Letter from M. Jeaurat
9	Letter from Julian Canelas
10	Letter from M. Cassini
11	Letter from L. Regner
12	Letter from Abbé Poczobut
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Title	Letter from Pierre Mechain
Reference	RGO 35/7
Extent and Medium	4 pages

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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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Laplace, Pierre-Simon (1749-1827) Marquis de, mathematician, astronomer and physicist

Mechain, Pierre Francois Andre (1744-1804) astronomer and surveyor

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