Paper, 'Account of the late John Dollond's discovery which led to the grand improvement of the refracting telescopes' by Peter Dollond
Reference number: L&P/9/131
Date: 1789

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Subject: Scientific instruments
Read 21 May 1789
- Reference number
- L&P/9/131
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- 1789
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- Ink on paper
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- 11 pages
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- Manuscript
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Paper, 'Account of the late John Dollond's discovery which led to the grand improvement of the refracting telescopes' by Peter Dollond, 1789, L&P/9/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_131/paper-account-of-the-late-john-dollonds-discovery-which-led-to-the-grand-improvement-of-the-refracting-telescopes-by-peter-dollond, accessed on 17 May 2025
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Decade 9 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1786-1792 Reference number: L&P/9
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