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Paper, 'On the mean density of the earth' by Dr Charles Hutton

Reference number: PT/15/19

Date: 17 March 1821

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Subject: Geodesy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the mean density of the Earth'.

Written by Hutton in Bedford Row [London]. Read 5 April 1821.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.

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PT/15/19
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17 March 1821
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26 pages
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Charles Hutton

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Charles Hutton, Paper, 'On the mean density of the earth' by Dr Charles Hutton, 17 March 1821, PT/15/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_15_19/paper-on-the-mean-density-of-the-earth-by-dr-charles-hutton, accessed on 12 December 2024

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