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RefNoRBO/16/45
AltRefNoRBO.16.235
LevelItem
Title'The Description of a new Quadrant for Altitudes either on Sea or Land call'd Elton's Quadrant' by Captain J Elton communicated by James Hodgson
Date1731
DescriptionAccount of the quadrant and how to use it
Also transcriptions of a letters to Captain Elton:
- from Captain Walter Hoxton dated 29 December 1731 at Popler concerning the quadrant
- from John Walton, teacher of mathematics to his Majesty's volunteers at Gibraltar dated 13 January 1731 with observations of using the quadrant
Original figure of quadrant attached
Read to the Royal Society on 23 December 1731
LanguageEnglish
Extent8 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialSee 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 37, no 423, p 273
RelatedRecordRBO/16/46
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3285Hodgson; James (1672 - 1755)1672 - 1755
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