Letter, 'Of the machine to measure the way of a ship at sea' from John Smeaton to Thomas Birch
Reference number: L&P/3/152
Date: 21 March 1756
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Subject: Engineering/Navigation
Read 8 April 1756
- Reference number
- L&P/3/152
- Earliest possible date
- 21 March 1756
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- Ink on paper
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- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Smeaton, Letter, 'Of the machine to measure the way of a ship at sea' from John Smeaton to Thomas Birch, 21 March 1756, L&P/3/152, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_152/letter-of-the-machine-to-measure-the-way-of-a-ship-at-sea-from-john-smeaton-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 07 June 2026
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John Smeaton
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