Paper, 'An account of the trigonometrical operation, whereby the distances between the meridians of the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined' by William Roy
Reference number: L&P/9/168
Date: 1790
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Contains eleven plates.
Subject: Astronomy
Publshed in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the trigonometrical operation, whereby the distance between the meridians of the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined'
Read 25 February 1790
- Reference number
- L&P/9/168
- Earliest possible date
- 1790
- Physical description
- Ink on paper and eleven plates
- Page extent
- 241 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Roy, Paper, 'An account of the trigonometrical operation, whereby the distances between the meridians of the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined' by William Roy, 1790, L&P/9/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_168/paper-an-account-of-the-trigonometrical-operation-whereby-the-distances-between-the-meridians-of-the-royal-observatories-of-greenwich-and-paris-has-been-determined-by-william-roy, accessed on 18 January 2025
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1786-1792 Reference number: L&P/9
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