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Paper, 'Measurement of a base on Hounslow Heath' by William Roy

Reference number: L&P/8/153

Date: 1785

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Contains five plates.

Subject: Geology/Scientific instruments

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the measurement of a base on Hounslow-Heath.'

Read April - June 1785

Reference number
L&P/8/153
Earliest possible date
1785
Physical description
Ink on paper and five plates
Page extent
140 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Roy

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William Roy, Paper, 'Measurement of a base on Hounslow Heath' by William Roy, 1785, L&P/8/153, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_153/paper-measurement-of-a-base-on-hounslow-heath-by-william-roy, accessed on 22 March 2025

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