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Letter, from Henry Justel to Edmond Halley

Reference number: EL/I1/133

Date: 01 January 1688

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Concerning Father Gouy's observations of the latitude and longitude of Peking and Moscow; that pillars from east of Tripoli had been brought to France (see EL/I1/132)
Read to the Royal Society on 28 November 1688

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EL/I1/133
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01 January 1688
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Henry Justel

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Henry Justel, Letter, from Henry Justel to Edmond Halley, 01 January 1688, EL/I1/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_133/letter-from-henry-justel-to-edmond-halley, accessed on 05 October 2024

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