| Reference number | CLP/2/21 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'The description of a new instrument for taking angles' by John Hadley |
| Date | [1731] |
| Description | Hadley writes on a telescope which can be used to view moving objects and take observations of angles of moving objects, which in a normal telescope would make observations uncertain or impossible. Engraved figures from Philosophical Transactions are attached.
Subject: Optics / Scientific Instruments
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The description of a new instrument for taking angles'.
Read to the Royal Society on 13 May 1731. |
| Extent | 10p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0025
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 36, no 420, p 147 (1731) |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBO/17/72 |
| CLP/2/21/1 |
| CLP/2/21/2 |
| CLP/2/21/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7954 | Hadley; John (1682 - 1744) | 1682 - 1744 |