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Paper, 'Several latitudes and longitudes taken in Asia Minor' by unknown author

Reference number: L&P/3/39

Date: 1755

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Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A short account of some new astronomical and physical observations made in Asia; and communicated to Matthew Maty, M. D. F. R. S. by his excellency Mr. Porter, his Majesty’s Ambassador at Constantinople, and F. R. S'

Read 6 November 1755

Reference number
L&P/3/39
Earliest possible date
1755
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Several latitudes and longitudes taken in Asia Minor' by unknown author, 1755, L&P/3/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_39/paper-several-latitudes-and-longitudes-taken-in-asia-minor-by-unknown-author, accessed on 13 December 2025

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