Record

RefNoLBO/30/101
AltRefNoLBO/30/403
LevelFile
TitleCopy letter from Monsieur de la Hire from the Royal Academy of Sciences, Paris to the Royal Society
Date26 April 1687
Description 'Containing an Account of a new invented Mariner's Compass. '

Read to the Royal Society 22 June 1687
Printed in the Philosophical Transactions No 188
LanguageFrench
Extent11p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialEL/H3/75 for English translations
EL/H3/74 for original letter
JBO/8/152
English translation printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 16, no 188, p 344
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