Letter, from George Tollet to Charles Willoughby
Reference number: EL/T/46
Date: 04 July 1685
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Concerning definitions of longitude and latitude; encloses a paper from Edmond Halley and constructs a rule for altitudes from it
Read to the Royal Society on 15 July 1685
- Reference number
- EL/T/46
- Earliest possible date
- 04 July 1685
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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George Tollet, George Tollet, Letter, from George Tollet to Charles Willoughby, 04 July 1685, EL/T/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_46/letter-from-george-tollet-to-charles-willoughby, accessed on 16 September 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Charles Willughby
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George Tollet
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