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Original dated 24 June 1732.

Subject: Navigation, Scientific Instruments

Reference number
CLP/22ii/59
Earliest possible date
1732
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Abstract concerning Mr Roquette, watchmaker to her Imperial Russian Majesty, with his proposal to find longitude at sea with the help of two portable clock or watches', 1732, CLP/22ii/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22ii_59/paper-abstract-concerning-mr-roquette-watchmaker-to-her-imperial-russian-majesty-with-his-proposal-to-find-longitude-at-sea-with-the-help-of-two-portable-clock-or-watches, accessed on 12 December 2024

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