Comet of 1742 orders adjoining the Queen's Head Tavern

adjoining the Queen's Head Tavern

September 18

County Hall is under construction on the South Bank in the background

Presenting a loyal address to Caroline of Brunswick during the governmental attempts to deprive her of her title and privileges and to dissolve her marriage to King George IV

Comet of 1742 orders adjoining the Queen's Head TavernDiagram showing the geocentric motion of a comet [now designated C 1742 C1] using observations made 24 February 7 March 1742. The figure is headed 'A graphical construction of the comet's geocentric motion, determining its mean perigaeum' [perigee] Figure appended to a letter, Thomas Wright, St. James's, 7 April 1742, to the Honourable Mr. Yorke. Signed lower right 'Thos. Wright'. Thomas Wright was proposed as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1735,