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Paper, 'Observations on Schiehallien' by Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/6/130

Date: 1775

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of observations made on the mountain Schehallien for finding its attraction'

Read 6 July 1775

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L&P/6/130
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1775
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Ink on paper
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41 pages
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Manuscript

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Nevil Maskelyne

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Nevil Maskelyne, Paper, 'Observations on Schiehallien' by Nevil Maskelyne, 1775, L&P/6/130, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_130/paper-observations-on-schiehallien-by-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 03 October 2024

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