| Reference number | CLP/8ii/32 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, regarding a description and use of an instrument for taking the latitude of a place at any time of the day by Richard Graham |
| Date | 1731 |
| Description | Graham writes: 'The necessity of finding the latitude a ship is in, is too well known to be insisted on. Frequent opportunities of observing the latitude must consequently be of very great great advantage to navigation.' Original figure and engraved figure of instrument attached.
Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments / Navigation / Astronomy
Read to the Royal Society on 9 December 1731
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The description and use of an instrument for taking the latitude of a place at any time of the day' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 15p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1733.0063 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA5802 | Graham; Richard (1693 - 1749) | 1693 - 1749 |