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RefNoRBO/17/72
AltRefNoRBO.17.433
LevelItem
TitleDescription of a new instrument for taking angles by John Hadley
Date1731
Description'Instrument designed to be of use, where the motion of the objects, or any Circumstance occasioning an unsteadiness in the common Instruments, renders the Observations difficult or uncertain'
Three pages of original figures attached
Read to the Royal Society on 13 May 1731
LanguageEnglish
Extent14 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialSee 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 37, no 420, p 147
RelatedRecordRBO/18/30
RBO/18/29
CLP/2/21
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7954Hadley; John (1682 - 1744)1682 - 1744
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