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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The latitude of Madrass in the East Indies, deduced from observations made by William Stephens, Chief Engineer'

Read 7 January 1779

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L&P/7/86
Earliest possible date
1779
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'The latitude of Madras' by William Stephens, 1779, L&P/7/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_86/paper-the-latitude-of-madras-by-william-stephens, accessed on 19 September 2024

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