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Letter, from Richard Towneley [to the Royal Society], dated at Towneley

Reference number: EL/T/19

Date: 25 March 1667

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Concerning Adrian Auzout's instruments for measuring distances upon land and diameters of planets; details of Towneley's instrument for taking angles which can be attached to a telescope

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EL/T/19
Earliest possible date
25 March 1667
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Richard Towneley

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Richard Towneley, Letter, from Richard Towneley [to the Royal Society], dated at Towneley, 25 March 1667, EL/T/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_19/letter-from-richard-towneley-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-towneley, accessed on 10 December 2024

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