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RefNoDM/5/47
LevelItem
TitleDraft of a letter from Isaac Newton to the Board of Ordnance, giving the recommendations of the Visitors of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, as regards certain improvements needed there
Datec.1710
Extent1 side
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsOPEN - but photocopying forbidden.
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8414Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician1642 - 1727
NA7725St John; Henry (1678 - 1751); Viscount Bolingbroke1678 - 1751
NA8219Flamsteed; John (1646 - 1719); astronomer1646 - 1719
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