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Paper, 'Method of verifying the position of a transit instrument' by Gavin Lowe

Reference number: L&P/10/96

Date: 23 June 1794

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Contains figure.

Subject: Scientific instruments/Astronomy

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L&P/10/96
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23 June 1794
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Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Method of verifying the position of a transit instrument' by Gavin Lowe, 23 June 1794, L&P/10/96, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_96/paper-method-of-verifying-the-position-of-a-transit-instrument-by-gavin-lowe, accessed on 21 January 2025

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