Paper, 'Supplement to paper on the difference of meridian of Greenwich and Paris' by William Roy
Reference number: L&P/9/61
Date: 1787
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Contains table.
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'
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- L&P/9/61
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- 1787
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- Ink on paper
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- 8 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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