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Proposal for finding longitude at sea by Rene Mauny

Reference number: RBO/14/71

Date: 1729

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That Mauny had invented a certain sphere to find longitude
Read to the Royal Society on 6 November 1729

Reference number
RBO/14/71
Earliest possible date
1729
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Proposal for finding longitude at sea by Rene Mauny, 1729, RBO/14/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_71/proposal-for-finding-longitude-at-sea-by-rene-mauny, accessed on 21 June 2025

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