Letter, from William Thinn to James Jurin, dated at Mansfield
Reference number: EL/T/77
Date: 06 January 1729

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Has been working on a method for determining longitude and would like to see the papers of the gentleman whose theory was being put into practice by the Society
- Reference number
- EL/T/77
- Earliest possible date
- 06 January 1729
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- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Thinn
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William Thinn, Letter, from William Thinn to James Jurin, dated at Mansfield, 06 January 1729, EL/T/77, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_77/letter-from-william-thinn-to-james-jurin-dated-at-mansfield, accessed on 11 February 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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