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Paper, 'Remarks on Mr Bruckner's machine for finding the way of a ship at sea' by John Smeaton

Reference number: L&P/2/462

Date: 1753

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Subject: Navigation

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L&P/2/462
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1753
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13 pages
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John Smeaton

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John Smeaton, Paper, 'Remarks on Mr Bruckner's machine for finding the way of a ship at sea' by John Smeaton, 1753, L&P/2/462, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_462/paper-remarks-on-mr-bruckners-machine-for-finding-the-way-of-a-ship-at-sea-by-john-smeaton, accessed on 13 June 2025

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