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Paper, 'A proposal for measuring the attraction of some hill in the kingdom' by Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/6/131

Date: 1772

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A proposal for measuring the attraction of some hill in this kingdom by astronomical observations'

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L&P/6/131
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1772
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4 pages
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Nevil Maskelyne

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Nevil Maskelyne, Paper, 'A proposal for measuring the attraction of some hill in the kingdom' by Nevil Maskelyne, 1772, L&P/6/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_131/paper-a-proposal-for-measuring-the-attraction-of-some-hill-in-the-kingdom-by-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 18 September 2024

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