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Letter, 'A mistake in Euler's theorum for correcting aberration in object-glasses for refracting telescopes' from John Dollond to JamesShort

Reference number: L&P/2/437

Date: 1753

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Subject: Physics

Read 29 March 1753

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L&P/2/437
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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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Letter, 'A mistake in Euler's theorum for correcting aberration in object-glasses for refracting telescopes' from John Dollond to JamesShort, 1753, L&P/2/437, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_437/letter-a-mistake-in-eulers-theorum-for-correcting-aberration-in-object-glasses-for-refracting-telescopes-from-john-dollond-to-jamesshort, accessed on 22 January 2025

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