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RefNoEL/B3/70
LevelItem
TitleCopy of a minute on John Philip Baratier's proposal for determining longitude at sea
Date26 January 1737
DescriptionThis is a copy of a minute from a meeting of the Royal Society held on 26 January
This stated that nothing could be done for Baratier if he kept his proposal a secret and that the Act of Parliament of 1714, which offered a reward to the person who solved the 'longitude problem', was still in force and would be sent to him
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
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