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TitleLetter, 'On the advantage of taking the mean of a number of observations in practical astronomy' from Thomas Simpson to George Parker
Date1755
DescriptionSubject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, on the advantage of taking the mean of a number of observations, in practical Astronomy'

Read 10 April 1755
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1755.0020
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5356Simpson; Thomas (1710 - 1761)1710 - 1761
NA7562Parker; George (c 1697 - 1764); 2nd Earl of Macclesfield; astronomer and politicianc 1697 - 1764
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