Paper, 'Account of the sounding of the depth of the sea between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight with the wooden globe and lead' by William Brouncker and Robert Moray
Reference number: CLP/6/5
Date: 1662

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Observations of the depth of the sea made using a wooden globe and lead to take measurements.
Subject: Hydrography
Read to the Royal Society on 18 June 1662
- Reference number
- CLP/6/5
- Earliest possible date
- 1662
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
Creator names
William Brouncker

Robert Moray
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William Brouncker, Robert Moray, Paper, 'Account of the sounding of the depth of the sea between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight with the wooden globe and lead' by William Brouncker and Robert Moray, 1662, CLP/6/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_5/paper-account-of-the-sounding-of-the-depth-of-the-sea-between-portsmouth-and-the-isle-of-wight-with-the-wooden-globe-and-lead-by-william-brouncker-and-robert-moray, accessed on 15 May 2025
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Classified papers: volume 6 concerning 'Staticks, Hydrostaticks, Hydraulicks, Hydrology'
1661-1735 Reference number: CLP/6
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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