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Subejct: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the trigonometrical survey, carried on in the years 1797, 1798, and 1799, by order of Marquis Cornwallis, Master-General of the Ordnance'

Read 3 July 1800

Reference number
L&P/11/139
Earliest possible date
1800
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
202 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Mudge

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William Mudge, Paper, 'The trigonometrical survey of 1797-1799' by William Mudge, 1800, L&P/11/139, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_139/paper-the-trigonometrical-survey-of-1797-1799-by-william-mudge, accessed on 14 October 2024

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