'Description of an Instrument for taking heights and distances at Sea' by Stephen Plank
Reference number: RBO/16/63
Date: 1731
Description
Instrument for making observations at sea by double reflection in order to find longitude
Copies of letters testifying to that this instrument existed from Peter Pooley, John Milton, William Pardon, William Hodgkin, William Heath
Read to the Royal Society on 2 March 1731
- Reference number
- RBO/16/63
- Earliest possible date
- 1731
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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'Description of an Instrument for taking heights and distances at Sea' by Stephen Plank, 1731, RBO/16/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_16_63/description-of-an-instrument-for-taking-heights-and-distances-at-sea-by-stephen-plank, accessed on 16 April 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 16, copies of papers communicated 1731-1732
1731-1732 Reference number: RBO/16
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Dates: 1661 - 1739
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