Paper, 'Of a steady mounting for telescopes at sea, invented by Jeremiah Sisson and complaints of recent rejection of papers by the Royal Society' by William Stukeley

Reference number: L&P/3/368

Date: 22 March 1759

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Contains plate.

Subject: Engineering

Read 22 March 1759

Reference number: L&P/3/368
Earliest possible date: 22 March 1759
Physical description: Ink on paper and plate
Page extent: 5 pages
Format: Manuscript

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William Stukeley, Paper, 'Of a steady mounting for telescopes at sea, invented by Jeremiah Sisson and complaints of recent rejection of papers by the Royal Society' by William Stukeley, 22 March 1759, L&P/3/368, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_368/paper-of-a-steady-mounting-for-telescopes-at-sea-invented-by-jeremiah-sisson-and-complaints-of-recent-rejection-of-papers-by-the-royal-society-by-william-stukeley, accessed on 26 April 2025

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 3 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1755-1760 Reference number: L&P/3

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