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Paper, 'Of finding longitude at sea, by observations of the Moon' by Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/4/119

Date: 1762

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 24 June 1762

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L&P/4/119
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1762
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2 pages
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Nevil Maskelyne

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Nevil Maskelyne, Paper, 'Of finding longitude at sea, by observations of the Moon' by Nevil Maskelyne, 1762, L&P/4/119, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_119/paper-of-finding-longitude-at-sea-by-observations-of-the-moon-by-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 17 May 2025

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