Letter, 'Of a parallatic machine rendered movable for observing the Transit of Venus' from Claude Simeon Passement
Reference number: L&P/4/57
Date: 01 August 1760
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3 pages in French and 10 pages in English
Subject: Astronomy/Engineering
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- L&P/4/57
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- 01 August 1760
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- Ink on paper
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- 14 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, 'Of a parallatic machine rendered movable for observing the Transit of Venus' from Claude Simeon Passement, 01 August 1760, L&P/4/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_57/letter-of-a-parallatic-machine-rendered-movable-for-observing-the-transit-of-venus-from-claude-simeon-passement, accessed on 21 April 2025
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