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Paper, 'Description of a transit circle' by Francis Wollaston

Reference number: L&P/10/47

Date: 1793

Description

Contains two figures.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A description of a transit circle, for determining the place of celestial objects as they pass the meridian'

Read 9 May 1793

Reference number
L&P/10/47
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1793
Physical description
Ink on paper and two figrues
Page extent
26 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Francis Wollaston

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Francis Wollaston, Paper, 'Description of a transit circle' by Francis Wollaston, 1793, L&P/10/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_47/paper-description-of-a-transit-circle-by-francis-wollaston, accessed on 13 October 2026

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