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RefNoL&P/9/168
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'An account of the trigonometrical operation, whereby the distances between the meridians of the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined' by William Roy
Date1790
DescriptionContains eleven plates.

Subject: Astronomy

Publshed in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the trigonometrical operation, whereby the distance between the meridians of the Royal Observatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined'

Read 25 February 1790
Extent241p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper and eleven plates
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1790.0015
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6264Roy; William (1726 - 1790)1726 - 1790
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