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RefNoDM/4/20
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Comte de Cassini, Paris
Date27 July 1787
DescriptionAbout the arrangement for signals and observations across the Channel for the purpose of connecting the French and British triangulations and ascertaining the relative situations of the observatories of London and Paris.
LanguageFrench
Extent2 sides
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsOPEN - but photocopying forbidden.
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6246Cassini; Jean Dominique (1748 - 1845); Count of Thury1748 - 1845
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