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'A method for finding the Longitude in a Letter from Mr Thomas Haselden to Mr Machin'

Reference number: RBO/14/33

Date: 1728

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Original dated 27 August 1728 at Wapping
Read to the Royal Society on 6 February 1728

Reference number
RBO/14/33
Earliest possible date
1728
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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'A method for finding the Longitude in a Letter from Mr Thomas Haselden to Mr Machin', 1728, RBO/14/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_33/a-method-for-finding-the-longitude-in-a-letter-from-mr-thomas-haselden-to-mr-machin, accessed on 15 May 2025

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