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Edmond Halley's 'account of the progress he made in observing the Moon's Motion whereby he proposes to be able to find the Longitude at Sea within a Degree or 20 Leagues'

Reference number: RBO/17/73

Date: 1731

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Read to the Royal Society on 6 May 1731

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RBO/17/73
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1731
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10 pages
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Manuscript

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Edmond Halley's 'account of the progress he made in observing the Moon's Motion whereby he proposes to be able to find the Longitude at Sea within a Degree or 20 Leagues', 1731, RBO/17/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_17_73/edmond-halleys-account-of-the-progress-he-made-in-observing-the-moons-motion-whereby-he-proposes-to-be-able-to-find-the-longitude-at-sea-within-a-degree-or-20-leagues, accessed on 29 April 2025

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