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Letter, 'Calculations to determine at what point on the side of a hill its attraction will be greatest' from Charles Hutton to Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/7/120

Date: 21 September 1779

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Calculations to determine at what point in the side of a hill its attraction will be the greatest, &c. By Charles Hutton, LL.D and F.R.S. in a letter to Nevil Maskelyne, D.D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal'

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L&P/7/120
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21 September 1779
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6 pages
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Charles Hutton

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Charles Hutton, Letter, 'Calculations to determine at what point on the side of a hill its attraction will be greatest' from Charles Hutton to Nevil Maskelyne, 21 September 1779, L&P/7/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_120/letter-calculations-to-determine-at-what-point-on-the-side-of-a-hill-its-attraction-will-be-greatest-from-charles-hutton-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 02 December 2024

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