Paper, 'Experiments on a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea' by John Smeaton
Reference number: L&P/2/491
Date: 1754
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Subject: Navigation/Engineering
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some experiments upon a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea'
Read 4 April 1754
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- L&P/2/491
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- 1754
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- 8 pages
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John Smeaton, Paper, 'Experiments on a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea' by John Smeaton, 1754, L&P/2/491, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_491/paper-experiments-on-a-machine-for-measuring-the-way-of-a-ship-at-sea-by-john-smeaton, accessed on 10 February 2025
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LXX. An account of some experiments upon a machine for measuring the way of a ship at sea External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1753
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1753.0070
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