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Paper, 'Calculations from the survey and measures taken at Schiehallion in order to ascertain the mean density of the Earth' by Charles Hutton

Reference number: L&P/7/44

Date: 21 May 1778

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the calculations made from the survey and measures taken at Schehallien [sic], in order to ascertain the mean density of the Earth.'

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L&P/7/44
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21 May 1778
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65 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Calculations from the survey and measures taken at Schiehallion in order to ascertain the mean density of the Earth' by Charles Hutton, 21 May 1778, L&P/7/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_44/paper-calculations-from-the-survey-and-measures-taken-at-schiehallion-in-order-to-ascertain-the-mean-density-of-the-earth-by-charles-hutton, accessed on 12 December 2024

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