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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
Figure of quadrant attached

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EL/L6/59
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25 May 1732
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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James Logan

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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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