Paper, 'A new method of observing the heavenly bodies out of the meridan' by John Smeaton
Reference number: L&P/5/36
Date: 1768
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Description of a new method of observing the heavenly bodies out of the meridian: By J. Smeaton, F. R. S'
Read 19 May 1768
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- L&P/5/36
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- 1768
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- 3 pages
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John Smeaton, Paper, 'A new method of observing the heavenly bodies out of the meridan' by John Smeaton, 1768, L&P/5/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_36/paper-a-new-method-of-observing-the-heavenly-bodies-out-of-the-meridan-by-john-smeaton, accessed on 16 January 2025
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XXV. Description of a new method of observing the heavenly bodies out of the meridian: By J. Smeaton, F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1768
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1768.0025
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Decade 5 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1768-1772 Reference number: L&P/5
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