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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
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Brouncker

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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 January 2025

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