Letter, regarding the 'obliquity of the ecliptick' from John Machin to unknown recipient
Reference number: CLP/8ii/69
Date: 22 February 1733
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Machin writes on the obliquity of the ecliptic plane, the orbital plane of Earth around the Sun.
Subject: Astronomy
Read to the Royal Society on the 22 February 1733
- Reference number
- CLP/8ii/69
- Earliest possible date
- 22 February 1733
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Machin, Letter, regarding the 'obliquity of the ecliptick' from John Machin to unknown recipient, 22 February 1733, CLP/8ii/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_69/letter-regarding-the-obliquity-of-the-ecliptick-from-john-machin-to-unknown-recipient, accessed on 14 October 2024
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Dates: 1592-1741
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