Letter, ['An account of Newton’s dial presented to the Royal Society by the Rev Charles Turnor'] from Chas [Charles] Turnor to the Marquis of Northampton [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton]
Reference number: PT/29/2
Date: 24 May 1844
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Subject: Scientific Instruments
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of Newton’s dial presented to the Royal Society by the Rev. Charles Turnor, in a letter addressed to the Marquis of Northampton, Pres. R. S., &c'.
Written by Turnor at the Spa Buildings, Cheltenham [England]. Communicated by Compton. Received by the Royal Society on 25 May 1844. Read 13 June 1844.
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- PT/29/2
- Earliest possible date
- 24 May 1844
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Charles Turnor, Letter, ['An account of Newton’s dial presented to the Royal Society by the Rev Charles Turnor'] from Chas [Charles] Turnor to the Marquis of Northampton [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton], 24 May 1844, PT/29/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_29_2/letter-an-account-of-newtons-dial-presented-to-the-royal-society-by-the-rev-charles-turnor-from-chas-charles-turnor-to-the-marquis-of-northampton-spencer-joshua-alwyne-compton, accessed on 11 August 2026
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III. An account of Newton’s dial presented to the Royal Society by the Rev. Charles Turnor, in a letter addressed to the Marquis of Northampton, Pres. R. S., &c External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1845
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1845.0003
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1845
January 1842 - June 1845 Reference number: PT/29
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