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Letter, 'In defense of Mercator's chart' from William Mountaine to Charles Morton

Reference number: L&P/4/150

Date: 26 January 1763

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A defence of mercator's chart against the censure of the late Mr. West of Exeter: In a letter to Charles Morton, M. D. Secret. R. S. from Mr. William Mountaine, F. R. S'

Read 17 March 1763

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L&P/4/150
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26 January 1763
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Mountaine

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William Mountaine, Letter, 'In defense of Mercator's chart' from William Mountaine to Charles Morton, 26 January 1763, L&P/4/150, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_150/letter-in-defense-of-mercators-chart-from-william-mountaine-to-charles-morton, accessed on 25 January 2026

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