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Includes note that states the paper is from Hanover and should be read before the Society.

Subject: Mathematics

Read 27 January 1742.

Reference number
L&P/1/152
Earliest possible date
1742
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Typescript

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Paper, 'Of longitude and latitude at sea' by unknown author, 1742, L&P/1/152, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_152/paper-of-longitude-and-latitude-at-sea-by-unknown-author, accessed on 03 November 2024

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