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Letter, from T[homas] Stack [to the Royal Society]

Reference number: EL/B3/69

Date: 08 March 1737

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Stack states that the Act of Parliament of 1714, which offered a reward to the person who solved the 'longitude problem', can be obtained in French

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EL/B3/69
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08 March 1737
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Thomas Stack

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Thomas Stack, Letter, from T[homas] Stack [to the Royal Society], 08 March 1737, EL/B3/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_69/letter-from-thomas-stack-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 26 April 2025

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