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RefNoRBO/21/55
AltRefNoRBO.21.316
LevelItem
TitleArticles by Henry Beighton on sound and on a design of a quadrant
Date1739
DescriptionConsists of:
- 'No vii Of Sound'
- 'No viii Of the Force of Sound'
- 'No ix an easy and cheap method of making a large Quadrant or Arch, capable of taking the Latitude of a Place very exactly' with a description of the instrument and observations of the instrument
Read to the Royal Society on 10, 17 and 24 May 1739
LanguageEnglish
Extent11 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7336Beighton; Henry (- 1743) - 1743
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