'A Scheme of the Longitude or a piece of Watch Work of new Construction that shall go upon Sea as regular as the best Pendulum Clock Shall go on Land By Mr Laurans'

Reference number: RBO/11/36

Date: 14 July 1721

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Figure of pendulum in text
Read to the Royal Society on 19 October 1721

Reference number: RBO/11/36
Earliest possible date: 14 July 1721
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript

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'A Scheme of the Longitude or a piece of Watch Work of new Construction that shall go upon Sea as regular as the best Pendulum Clock Shall go on Land By Mr Laurans', 14 July 1721, RBO/11/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_36/a-scheme-of-the-longitude-or-a-piece-of-watch-work-of-new-construction-that-shall-go-upon-sea-as-regular-as-the-best-pendulum-clock-shall-go-on-land-by-mr-laurans, accessed on 17 March 2025

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Paper, 'A scheeme of the longitude, or a peice of watche worke of new construction that shal goe upon sae as reguler as the best pandulum clock shal goe upon land' by Laurans
Reference number: CLP/3ii/13

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