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'The Longitude of Carthagena in America' by Edmond Halley

Reference number: RBO/11/8

Date: 1722

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Observations were made by Don Juan de Herrera, Chief Engineer of the Carthagena - comparing them with observations made at Wanstead by Reverend Dr Pound and Mr Bradley
Read to the Royal Society on 28 February 1722

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RBO/11/8
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1722
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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'The Longitude of Carthagena in America' by Edmond Halley, 1722, RBO/11/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_8/the-longitude-of-carthagena-in-america-by-edmond-halley, accessed on 06 December 2025

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