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Includes an account of an experiment to sound the depth of the sea without a line or cord made on 19 March 1662 by William Brouncker and Robert Moray.

Subject: Exploration / geography / navigation / nautical

Reference number
CLP/19/7
Earliest possible date
1662
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Brouncker

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Robert Moray

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William Brouncker, Robert Moray, Paper, 'Directions for sea men bound for far voyages' by William Brouncker and Robert Moray, 1662, CLP/19/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_19_7/paper-directions-for-sea-men-bound-for-far-voyages-by-william-brouncker-and-robert-moray, accessed on 26 March 2025

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