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Letter, 'On the advantage of taking the mean of a number of observations in practical astronomy' from Thomas Simpson to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/3/6

Date: 1755

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, on the advantage of taking the mean of a number of observations, in practical Astronomy'

Read 10 April 1755

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L&P/3/6
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1755
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Simpson

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Thomas Simpson, Letter, 'On the advantage of taking the mean of a number of observations in practical astronomy' from Thomas Simpson to George Parker, 1755, L&P/3/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_6/letter-on-the-advantage-of-taking-the-mean-of-a-number-of-observations-in-practical-astronomy-from-thomas-simpson-to-george-parker, accessed on 22 January 2025

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