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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

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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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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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