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Paper, 'A new instrument, the dendrometer, for measuring heights, distances and angles' by John Duncombe

Reference number: L&P/5/30

Date: 1768

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Contains engraved plate.

Subject: Engineering

Read 5 May 1768

Reference number
L&P/5/30
Earliest possible date
1768
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'A new instrument, the dendrometer, for measuring heights, distances and angles' by John Duncombe, 1768, L&P/5/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_30/paper-a-new-instrument-the-dendrometer-for-measuring-heights-distances-and-angles-by-john-duncombe, accessed on 01 November 2024

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