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Paper, 'Observations on horizontal refractions which affect the appearance of terrestrial objects and the dip or depression of the horizon of the sea' by Joseph Huddart

Reference number: L&P/11/8

Date: 1796

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Contains plate.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on horizontal refractions which affect the appearance of terrestrial objects, and the dip, or depression of the horizon of the sea. By Joseph Huddart, Esq. F. R. S'

Read 24 November 1796

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L&P/11/8
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1796
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Ink on paper and plate.
Page extent
24 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph Huddart

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Joseph Huddart, Paper, 'Observations on horizontal refractions which affect the appearance of terrestrial objects and the dip or depression of the horizon of the sea' by Joseph Huddart, 1796, L&P/11/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_8/paper-observations-on-horizontal-refractions-which-affect-the-appearance-of-terrestrial-objects-and-the-dip-or-depression-of-the-horizon-of-the-sea-by-joseph-huddart, accessed on 13 February 2026

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