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Paper, 'Of a machine shown to illustrate the tides and astronomical problems' by James Ferguson

Reference number: L&P/3/299

Date: 1758

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 2 March 1758

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L&P/3/299
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1758
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2 pages
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James Ferguson

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James Ferguson, Paper, 'Of a machine shown to illustrate the tides and astronomical problems' by James Ferguson, 1758, L&P/3/299, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_299/paper-of-a-machine-shown-to-illustrate-the-tides-and-astronomical-problems-by-james-ferguson, accessed on 17 January 2026

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