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Paper, 'Observations upon the currents of the sea at the Anisles of America' by Jean Andre Peyssonel

Reference number: L&P/3/160

Date: 1756

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15 pages in French, with 17 pages of English translation.

Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations upon the currents of the sea, at the Antisles of America'

Read 6 May 1756

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L&P/3/160
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1756
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33 pages
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Manuscript

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Jean Andre Peyssonel

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Jean Andre Peyssonel, Paper, 'Observations upon the currents of the sea at the Anisles of America' by Jean Andre Peyssonel, 1756, L&P/3/160, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_160/paper-observations-upon-the-currents-of-the-sea-at-the-anisles-of-america-by-jean-andre-peyssonel, accessed on 10 October 2024

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