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Paper, 'Description of a meridian dial which gives mean solar time every day at noon' by Francis Wollaston

Reference number: L&P/10/41

Date: 1793

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Contains table and figure.

Subject: Astronomy

Read 21 February 1793

Reference number
L&P/10/41
Earliest possible date
1793
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Francis Wollaston

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Francis Wollaston, Paper, 'Description of a meridian dial which gives mean solar time every day at noon' by Francis Wollaston, 1793, L&P/10/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_41/paper-description-of-a-meridian-dial-which-gives-mean-solar-time-every-day-at-noon-by-francis-wollaston, accessed on 13 September 2024

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