Letter, from William Thinn to James Jurin, dated at Mansfield
Reference number: EL/T/80
Date: 24 May 1729
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Thinn welcomes constructive criticism on his method for determining longitude and would like to know how his scheme of perpetual motion was received
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- EL/T/80
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- 24 May 1729
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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William Thinn, Letter, from William Thinn to James Jurin, dated at Mansfield, 24 May 1729, EL/T/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_80/letter-from-william-thinn-to-james-jurin-dated-at-mansfield, accessed on 16 November 2025
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