Briggs, Thomas, fl1819 (Captain Royal Navy)
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Letter from Thomas Briggs of HMS Queen Charlotte to [Dr Thomas Young?], 1819-01-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/37: 243-244
Scope and Contents
Concerning Robert Tucker's proposed method of finding longitude.
Dates:
1819-01-26
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Cambridge University Library
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Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Papers of the Board of Longitude
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Correspondence regarding methods of establishing longitude by Jupiter's satellites, the planets and fixed stars
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Captain Robert Tucker on a method using the altitude and a true bearing of the pole star