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RefNoMM/16/110
LevelItem
Title"Description of an instrument for observing the distance of the moon from the fixed stars at sea", by Isaac Newton
Date16 August 1699
DescriptionPublished as 'A True Copy of a Paper Found, in the Hand Writing of Sir Isaac Newton, among the Papers of the Late Dr. Halley, Containing a Description of an Instrument for Observing the Moon's Distance from the Fixt Stars at Sea', 'Philosophical Transactions', Vol. 42 (1742), pp155-156.
Extent3 sides
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8414Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician1642 - 1727
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