Documents, regarding Stephen Plank's new octant to take heights and distances at sea
Reference number: CLP/8ii/76
Date: 1737
Description
Consists of two reports about the invention and six testimonials signed by Stephen Plank junior, Peter Pooley, John Milton, William Pardon, William Hodgkin and William Heath.
Subject: Navigation / Scientific apparatus and instruments
Read to the Royal Society on 2 March 1731 / 9 March 1731
- Reference number
- CLP/8ii/76
- Earliest possible date
- 1737
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Documents, regarding Stephen Plank's new octant to take heights and distances at sea, 1737, CLP/8ii/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_8ii_76/documents-regarding-stephen-planks-new-octant-to-take-heights-and-distances-at-sea, accessed on 13 October 2024
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