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Subject: Geography, Geodesy

Reference number
CLP/21/19
Earliest possible date
1687
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Edmond Halley

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Edmond Halley, Paper, 'Of the position of the poles of the Earth' by Edmond Halley, 1687, CLP/21/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_21_19/paper-of-the-position-of-the-poles-of-the-earth-by-edmond-halley, accessed on 10 February 2025

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    Dates: 1592-1741

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