Letter, from James Logan to Edmond Halley, dated at Pennsylvania
Reference number: EL/L6/59
Date: 25 May 1732
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Account of a quadrant designed by Thomas Godfrey, a glazier, for measuring the distance between the moon and stars
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- Reference number
- EL/L6/59
- Earliest possible date
- 25 May 1732
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Logan, Letter, from James Logan to Edmond Halley, dated at Pennsylvania, 25 May 1732, EL/L6/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l6_59/letter-from-james-logan-to-edmond-halley-dated-at-pennsylvania, accessed on 13 December 2025
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