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Reference numberCLP/6/5
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Account of the sounding of the depth of the sea between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight with the wooden globe and lead' by William Brouncker and Robert Moray
Date1662
DescriptionObservations of the depth of the sea made using a wooden globe and lead to take measurements.

Subject: Hydrography

Read to the Royal Society on 18 June 1662
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueRBO/1/40
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA3503Brouncker; William (c1620 - 1684); 2nd Viscount Brouncker; mathematicianc1620 - 1684
NA8261Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician1608 - 1673
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