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RefNoMM/8/40
LevelItem
TitleCopies and extracts of letters from Joseph de Mendoza Rios to Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, on the topic of the publication of Mendoza Rios's tables to aid navigation at sea
Date1802-1803
DescriptionLetters dated 16 November 1802, 22 December 1802 and 23 February 1803. In them Mendoza Rios points out the awards previously given by the Board to others who have constructed tables to aid navigation at sea and on the proposed cost of publishing his tables
Extent3 sides
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7288Mendoza y Rios; Joseph (? 1762 - ? 1815)? 1762 - ? 1815
NA5553Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811)1732 - 1811
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