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Paper, 'A general theory for the mensuration of the angle subtended by two objects' by George Atwood

Reference number: L&P/7/214

Date: 1781

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A general theory for the mensuration of the angle subtended by two objects, of which one is observed by rays after two reflections from plane surfaces, and the other by rays coming directly to the spectator's eye'

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Reference number
L&P/7/214
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1781
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Ink on paper
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64 pages
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Manuscript

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George Atwood

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George Atwood, Paper, 'A general theory for the mensuration of the angle subtended by two objects' by George Atwood, 1781, L&P/7/214, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_214/paper-a-general-theory-for-the-mensuration-of-the-angle-subtended-by-two-objects-by-george-atwood, accessed on 11 February 2025

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