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Letter, 'Project for a new division of the quadrant' from Charles Hutton to Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/8/47

Date: 12 August 1782

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Project for a new division of the quadrant. By Charles Hutton, LL. D. F. R. S. In a letter to the Rev. Dr. Maskelyne, F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal'

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L&P/8/47
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12 August 1782
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19 pages
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Charles Hutton

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Charles Hutton, Letter, 'Project for a new division of the quadrant' from Charles Hutton to Nevil Maskelyne, 12 August 1782, L&P/8/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_47/letter-project-for-a-new-division-of-the-quadrant-from-charles-hutton-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 02 December 2024

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