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Paper, 'Description of a simple micrometer for measuring small angles with the telescope' by Tiberius Cavallo

Reference number: L&P/9/209

Date: 1791

Description

Contains plate.

Subject: Scientific instruments/Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Description of a simple micrometer for measuring small angles with the telescope.'

Read 2 June 1791

Reference number
L&P/9/209
Earliest possible date
1791
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
19 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Tiberius Cavallo

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Tiberius Cavallo, Paper, 'Description of a simple micrometer for measuring small angles with the telescope' by Tiberius Cavallo, 1791, L&P/9/209, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_209/paper-description-of-a-simple-micrometer-for-measuring-small-angles-with-the-telescope-by-tiberius-cavallo, accessed on 11 April 2026

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