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Unpublished letter, regarding marine night telescopes from A [Achille] Brachet to the Royal Society

Reference number: AP/36/4

Date: 22 December 1852

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Brachet presents suggested improvements to technology regarding marine night telescopes, and asks that these be presented before the Society.

Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments

Written by Brachet in Paris.

Reference number
AP/36/4
Earliest possible date
22 December 1852
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Achille Brachet

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Achille Brachet, Unpublished letter, regarding marine night telescopes from A [Achille] Brachet to the Royal Society, 22 December 1852, AP/36/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_36_4/unpublished-letter-regarding-marine-night-telescopes-from-a-achille-brachet-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 13 May 2025

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