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Original letter dated 14 December 1732 at London
Read to the Royal Society on 22 February 1732

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RBO/18/31
Earliest possible date
1732
Page extent
10 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'A new Scheme for keeping of an account of Time in order to find the Longitude at Sea' by Captain John Wall, 1732, RBO/18/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_18_31/a-new-scheme-for-keeping-of-an-account-of-time-in-order-to-find-the-longitude-at-sea-by-captain-john-wall, accessed on 06 October 2024

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