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Paper, 'Description of an instrument of greater extent than a sextant' by Anthony Dunlop

Reference number: L&P/12/134

Date: 30 March 1806

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Contains plate.

Subject: Scientific instruments

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Reference number
L&P/12/134
Earliest possible date
30 March 1806
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Description of an instrument of greater extent than a sextant' by Anthony Dunlop, 30 March 1806, L&P/12/134, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_134/paper-description-of-an-instrument-of-greater-extent-than-a-sextant-by-anthony-dunlop, accessed on 15 June 2026

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