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RefNoPT/29/2
LevelItem
TitleLetter, ['An account of Newton’s dial presented to the Royal Society by the Rev Charles Turnor'] from Chas [Charles] Turnor to the Marquis of Northampton [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton]
Date24 May 1844
DescriptionSubject: Scientific Instruments

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of Newton’s dial presented to the Royal Society by the Rev. Charles Turnor, in a letter addressed to the Marquis of Northampton, Pres. R. S., &c'.

Written by Turnor at the Spa Buildings, Cheltenham [England]. Communicated by Compton. Received by the Royal Society on 25 May 1844. Read 13 June 1844.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1845.0003
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2870Turnor; Charles (1768 - 1853)1768 - 1853
NA2272Compton; Spencer Joshua Alwyne (1790 - 1851); 2nd Marquess of Northampton1790 - 1851
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