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Paper, 'An improvement on Hadley's quadrant' by William Doidge

Reference number: L&P/2/351

Date: 1753

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Subject: Mathematics

Read 24 May 1753

Reference number
L&P/2/351
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1753
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'An improvement on Hadley's quadrant' by William Doidge, 1753, L&P/2/351, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_351/paper-an-improvement-on-hadleys-quadrant-by-william-doidge, accessed on 14 July 2025

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