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'Account of the new Spirit Level invented and made by Mr Jonathan Sisson Mathematical Instrument Maker' by William Gardiner, land-surveyor

Reference number: RBO/19/62

Date: 1736

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Read to the Royal Society on 6 May 1736

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RBO/19/62
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1736
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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'Account of the new Spirit Level invented and made by Mr Jonathan Sisson Mathematical Instrument Maker' by William Gardiner, land-surveyor, 1736, RBO/19/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_19_62/account-of-the-new-spirit-level-invented-and-made-by-mr-jonathan-sisson-mathematical-instrument-maker-by-william-gardiner-land-surveyor, accessed on 16 March 2026

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