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Letter, 'Astronomical observations made for ascertaining the longitude of several places in the northern districts of North America' from Samuel Holland to Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/6/20

Date: 1773

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Astronomical observations made by Samuel Holland Esquire, His Majesty's surveyor general of lands for the northern district of North America, for ascertaining the longitude of several places in the said district'

Read 20 January 1774

Reference number
L&P/6/20
Earliest possible date
1773
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Astronomical observations made for ascertaining the longitude of several places in the northern districts of North America' from Samuel Holland to Nevil Maskelyne, 1773, L&P/6/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_20/letter-astronomical-observations-made-for-ascertaining-the-longitude-of-several-places-in-the-northern-districts-of-north-america-from-samuel-holland-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 10 February 2025

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