* Astronomy

Discovery of Comet 1764 Messier on January 3, 1764

A Table of the Places of the Comet of 1764 Discovered at the Observatory of the Marine at Paris, the 3d of January, about 8 O'Clock in the Evening, in the Constellation of the Dragon, Concluded from Its Situation Observed with Regard to the Stars: By Monsieur Charles Messier, Astronomer at the Depot of the Plans of the Marine of France, at Paris
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