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