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Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Determination of the longitudes and latitudes of some remarkable places near the Severn. In a letter from Edward Pigott, Esq. to Sir Henry C. Englefield, Bart. F. R. S'

Read 20 May 1790

Reference number
L&P/9/172
Earliest possible date
25 April 1790
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Determination of the longitudes and latitudes of some remarkable places near the Severn' from Edward Pigott to Henry Charles Englefield, 25 April 1790, L&P/9/172, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_172/letter-determination-of-the-longitudes-and-latitudes-of-some-remarkable-places-near-the-severn-from-edward-pigott-to-henry-charles-englefield, accessed on 20 June 2025

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