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
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- 1773
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- 6 pages
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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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XXIII. 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 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1774
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1774.0023
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Decade 6 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1773-1777 Reference number: L&P/6
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