Miscellaneous papers, mainly relating to Edmund Halley
MS. Rigaud 88
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Miscellaneous papers, mainly relating to Edmund Halley
Shelfmark
MS. Rigaud 88
Summary
Miscellaneous papers, mainly relating to Edmund Halley, including:
(fols. 3-7) a list of Halley's papers in the Philosophical Transactions;
(fols. 10-12) draft in Halley's hand of a testimonial for him as candidate for the Savilian Professorship of Astronomy at Oxford, 1691;
(fols. 13-14) two printed broadsides, n.d., 1701. The contents of fols. 3-14 are transcribed by Rigaud in MS. Rigaud 7 (Summary Catalogue no. 26207), fols. 19-43.
Date
1691, 1701, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
14 Leaves
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Collection contents
Miscellaneous papers, mainly relating to Edmund Halley
