Letter, from William Jones to John Machin
Reference number: EL/I2/12
Date: 01 January 1730
Description
Concerns delivery of his proposed theory for determining longitude
Read to the Royal Society on 5 November 1730
Note reads: 'Not to be enterd [in the Letter Book]'
- Reference number
- EL/I2/12
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1730
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Jones, William Jones, Letter, from William Jones to John Machin, 01 January 1730, EL/I2/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i2_12/letter-from-william-jones-to-john-machin, accessed on 15 May 2026
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John Machin
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