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Paper, 'A machine for navigators to ascertain in thick mist the height' by E of Bremen

Reference number: L&P/4/202

Date: 23 May 1763

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4 pages in German and 4 pages in English. Contains small figure.

Subject: Engineering

Read 29 March 1764

Reference number
L&P/4/202
Earliest possible date
23 May 1763
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'A machine for navigators to ascertain in thick mist the height' by E of Bremen, 23 May 1763, L&P/4/202, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_202/paper-a-machine-for-navigators-to-ascertain-in-thick-mist-the-height-by-e-of-bremen, accessed on 14 July 2025

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