Paper, 'Proposals of a method for measuring degrees on longitude upon parallels of the equator' by John Michell

Reference number: L&P/4/325

Date: 1766

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Proposal of a method for measuring degrees of longitude upon parallels of the Æquator'

Read 8 May 1766

Reference number: L&P/4/325
Earliest possible date: 1766
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 11 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Paper, 'Proposals of a method for measuring degrees on longitude upon parallels of the equator' by John Michell, 1766, L&P/4/325, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_325/paper-proposals-of-a-method-for-measuring-degrees-on-longitude-upon-parallels-of-the-equator-by-john-michell, accessed on 10 October 2024

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XVI. Proposal of a method for measuring degrees of longitude upon parallels of the Æquator External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1766

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1766.0016

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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Decade 4 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1760-1767 Reference number: L&P/4

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