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'An Account Of the going of the two Watches at Sea from the 28th of April to the 4th of September 1663'

Reference number: RBO/2i/74

Date: 1663

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Observations of time-keeping from April to September 1663
Observations of collecting water from the depths of the sea
Observations of watch times and longitude as the ship sailed from Lisbon
Read to the Royal Society on 21 October 1663

Reference number
RBO/2i/74
Earliest possible date
1663
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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'An Account Of the going of the two Watches at Sea from the 28th of April to the 4th of September 1663', 1663, RBO/2i/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2i_74/an-account-of-the-going-of-the-two-watches-at-sea-from-the-28th-of-april-to-the-4th-of-september-1663, accessed on 21 March 2025

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