Paper, 'An account of the mode proposed to be followed in determining the relative situations of the Royal Observatories at Greenwich and Paris' by William Roy
Reference number: L&P/9/34
Date: 1787
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Contains two tables and a map.
Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the mode proposed to be followed in determining the relative situation of the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris'
Read 22 February 1787
- Reference number
- L&P/9/34
- Earliest possible date
- 1787
- Physical description
- Ink on paper, two tables and a plate
- Page extent
- 58 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Roy, Paper, 'An account of the mode proposed to be followed in determining the relative situations of the Royal Observatories at Greenwich and Paris' by William Roy, 1787, L&P/9/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_34/paper-an-account-of-the-mode-proposed-to-be-followed-in-determining-the-relative-situations-of-the-royal-observatories-at-greenwich-and-paris-by-william-roy, accessed on 14 June 2025
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Date: 31st December 1787
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1787.0019
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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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