Letter, regarding an invention to find latitude mechanically from Andrew Reid to John Machin
Reference number: CLP/8ii/33
Date: 23 December 1731
Description
Reid presents details of the workings of his invention to find latitude mechanically, which he used when sailing from England to China. Includes a geometrical diagram.
Subject: Astronomy / Navigation / Scientific apparatus and instruments
Read to the Royal Society on 23 December 1731
- Reference number
- CLP/8ii/33
- Earliest possible date
- 23 December 1731
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, regarding an invention to find latitude mechanically from Andrew Reid to John Machin, 23 December 1731, CLP/8ii/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_33/letter-regarding-an-invention-to-find-latitude-mechanically-from-andrew-reid-to-john-machin, accessed on 15 October 2024
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