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'An account of a new Instrument for finding the Latitude etc mechanically and by inspection only' by Andrew Reid in a letter to John Machin

Reference number: RBO/16/36

Date: 1731

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Read to the Royal Society on 16 December 1731

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RBO/16/36
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1731
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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'An account of a new Instrument for finding the Latitude etc mechanically and by inspection only' by Andrew Reid in a letter to John Machin, 1731, RBO/16/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_16_36/an-account-of-a-new-instrument-for-finding-the-latitude-etc-mechanically-and-by-inspection-only-by-andrew-reid-in-a-letter-to-john-machin, accessed on 23 July 2026

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