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Report, of the Committee of the Royal Society appointed to 'Examine two questions in gunnery'

Reference number: L&P/1/123

Date: 24 June 1742

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The report of the committee of the Royal Society appointed to examine some questions in gunnery'.

Read 4 November 1742.

Reference number
L&P/1/123
Earliest possible date
24 June 1742
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Report, of the Committee of the Royal Society appointed to 'Examine two questions in gunnery', 24 June 1742, L&P/1/123, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_123/report-of-the-committee-of-the-royal-society-appointed-to-examine-two-questions-in-gunnery, accessed on 09 June 2026

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