| Reference number | L&P/3/273 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'The resolution of a general proposition for determining the horary alteration of the position of the terrestrial equator' by Thomas Simpson |
| Date | 1757 |
| Description | Contains two figures.
Subject: Geography
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The resolution of a general proposition for determining the horary alteration of the position of the terrestrial equator, from the attraction of the Sun and Moon: With some remarks on the solutions given by other authors to that difficult and important problem'
Read 22 December 1757 |
| Extent | 9p |
| 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.1757.0054 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA5356 | Simpson; Thomas (1710 - 1761) | 1710 - 1761 |