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'Dissertation concerning the Figure of the Earth Part 2' by J Desaguliers

Reference number: RBO/12/18

Date: 1725

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Tables with place-name, latitude, distances in meridian from Paris
Figures observed
Read to the Royal Society on 10 June 1725

Reference number
RBO/12/18
Earliest possible date
1725
Page extent
28 pages
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Manuscript

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'Dissertation concerning the Figure of the Earth Part 2' by J Desaguliers, 1725, RBO/12/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_12_18/dissertation-concerning-the-figure-of-the-earth-part-2-by-j-desaguliers, accessed on 21 January 2025

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