Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10402
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Comet of 1742
Date
1742
Creator
John Bevis (1695 - 1771, British) , Physician
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Dimensions
height (drawing): 377mm
width (drawing): 232mm
width (drawing): 232mm
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Description
Compilation of astronomical observations showing the progress of a comet [now designated C/1742/C1] across the night sky between 23 February and 3 March 1742. The observers were the author, George Graham (1673-1751), James Bradley (1693-1762) and Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1675-1757).
Figure appended to a letter, John Bevis, 4 March 1742, to the Royal Society [?]. Not published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
John Bevis was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1765.
Figure appended to a letter, John Bevis, 4 March 1742, to the Royal Society [?]. Not published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
John Bevis was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1765.
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