| St John's Library/Maskelyne/Doc 21 - 24 contains: |
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| 21 |
Copy of fragment of a letter to Dr Patrick Murdoch from Professor Euler, Berlin |
| 22 |
A. L. s., to Reverend Samuel Vince from Jean-George Büsch, Hamburg |
| 23 |
A. L. s., in French, to 'M. Professor Vince at Cambridge' from Joseph Jerome Lefrançais de Lalande, Paris |
| 24 |
A. L. s., in French, to Professor Vince from Joseph Jerome Lefrançais de Lalande, Paris |
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Papers of Nevil Maskelyne
| Title |
A. L. s., to Reverend Samuel Vince from Jean-George Büsch, Hamburg |
| Reference |
Doc 22 |
| Covering Dates |
5 March 1800 (postmarked) |
| Extent and Medium |
4p; paper |
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| Content and context |
Discusses a tract in a philosophical volume written by Vince concerning the horizontal refraction of light and Büsch's observations of the same. Puts forward his theories regarding this refraction. Discusses his, and others, theories regarding the Fata Morgana |
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