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Paper, 'An account of the book 'De la route de la lumiere' by the Revd Nevil Maskelyne' by J H Lambert

Reference number: L&P/3/424

Date: 1760

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Subject: Book review

Read 21 February 1760

Reference number
L&P/3/424
Earliest possible date
1760
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Ink on paper
Page extent
14 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'An account of the book 'De la route de la lumiere' by the Revd Nevil Maskelyne' by J H Lambert, 1760, L&P/3/424, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_424/paper-an-account-of-the-book-de-la-route-de-la-lumiere-by-the-revd-nevil-maskelyne-by-j-h-lambert, accessed on 21 January 2026

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