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RefNoL&P/9/104
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'Description of an improvement in the application of the quadrant of altitude to a celestial globe, for the resolution of problems dependent on azimuth and altitude' by John Smeaton
Date19 November 1788
DescriptionContains plate.

Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Description of an improvement in the applications of the quadrant of altitude to a celestial globe, for the resolution of problems dependant on azimuth and altitude'

Read 20 November 1788
Extent12p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper and plate
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1789.0001
RelatedRecordL&P/9/104/1
L&P/9/104/2
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6321Smeaton; John (1724 - 1792)1724 - 1792
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