Paper, ‘A farther account of an instrument for taking angles, described in Philosophical Transactions volume 420 in a postscript to an account of observations made on board the Chatham yacht August 30th and 31st and September 1st &c with the same’ by John Hadley
Reference number: CLP/8ii/39
Date: 1732
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Hadley describes the use of the instrument aboard the Chatham yacht from 30 August 1732 to 1 September 1732, during which altitudes of the Sun were recorded. Figure in text and engraved figure attached.
Subject: Astronomy / Navigation / Scientific apparatus and equipment
Read to the Royal Society on 15 March 1732/3
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of observations made on board the Chatham-Yacht, August 30th and 31st, and September 1st, 1732, in pursuance of order made by the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the admiralty, for the trial of an instrument for taking angles, described in Philosophical Transactions, Numb, 420'
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- CLP/8ii/39
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- 1732
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- 7 pages
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Paper, ‘A farther account of an instrument for taking angles, described in Philosophical Transactions volume 420 in a postscript to an account of observations made on board the Chatham yacht August 30th and 31st and September 1st &c with the same’ by John Hadley, 1732, CLP/8ii/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_39/paper-a-farther-account-of-an-instrument-for-taking-angles-described-in-philosophical-transactions-volume-420-in-a-postscript-to-an-account-of-observations-made-on-board-the-chatham-yacht-august-30th-and-31st-and-september-1st-c-with-the-same-by-john-hadley, accessed on 03 October 2024
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I. An account of observations made on board the Chatham-Yacht, August 30th and 31st, and September 1st, 1732, in pursuance of order made by the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the admiralty, for the trial of an instrument for taking angles, described in Philosophical Transactions, Numb, 420 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1731
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0061
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I. The description of a new instrument for taking angles. By John Hadley, Esq; Vice-Pr. R. S. communicated to the Society on May 13. 1731. External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1731
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0025
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