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Letter, 'Of the restoration of the meridian line in the church of St Sulpice, Paris' from Pierre Charles Le Monnier to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/232

Date: 15 November 1743

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Subject: Geography

Read 8 December 1743.

Reference number
L&P/1/232
Earliest possible date
15 November 1743
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Pierre Charles Le Monnier

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Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Letter, 'Of the restoration of the meridian line in the church of St Sulpice, Paris' from Pierre Charles Le Monnier to Martin Folkes, 15 November 1743, L&P/1/232, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_232/letter-of-the-restoration-of-the-meridian-line-in-the-church-of-st-sulpice-paris-from-pierre-charles-le-monnier-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 22 April 2025

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