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'Observations of Latitudes and variation taken on board the Hartford in her passage from Java-head to St Helena in 1731' by Edmond Halley

Reference number: RBO/18/6

Date: 1732

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Read to the Royal Society on 16 November 1732

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RBO/18/6
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1732
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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'Observations of Latitudes and variation taken on board the Hartford in her passage from Java-head to St Helena in 1731' by Edmond Halley, 1732, RBO/18/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_18_6/observations-of-latitudes-and-variation-taken-on-board-the-hartford-in-her-passage-from-java-head-to-st-helena-in-1731-by-edmond-halley, accessed on 12 March 2026

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