Item GPP/3/15 - Copy letter written by Edward Pigott concerning his observations of a comet in 1807

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Copy letter from Edward Pigott, to the ‘Institute’ (in French). Undated [1812?] As he had sent them a drawing of the comet of 1807, he was sending them another of ‘the comet which appears now’, in recognition of this illustrious body which had condescended to interest itself on his behalf with His Majesty the Emperor, and to renew his thanks to the recipient and to M. Cuvier. The observations were taken with the same instrument as those of 1807, a 2 ½ foot Dollond telescope [‘a trois pied’ deleted]. Observations from September 1st to December 23rd [these confirm the identity of this comet with that of 1811, illustrated in 18a above]. He had intended to send these at once but had been forced to postpone this due to a nervous illness. Inserted: scraps of paper, bearing the original notes of the observations.

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