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Paper, 'Some observations on the invention of achromatic telescopes' by Jesse Ramsden

Reference number: L&P/9/138

Date: 1789

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Subject: Scientific instruments

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L&P/9/138
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1789
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6 pages
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Jesse Ramsden

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Jesse Ramsden, Paper, 'Some observations on the invention of achromatic telescopes' by Jesse Ramsden, 1789, L&P/9/138, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_138/paper-some-observations-on-the-invention-of-achromatic-telescopes-by-jesse-ramsden, accessed on 14 June 2025

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