Pacey, Benjamin, fl1808 (petitioner to the Board of Longitude)
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Letter from Benjamin Pacey to the Board of Longitude, 1808-05-23
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 553-553a
Scope and Contents
Offering assistance in determining longitude. Pacey states that he had found 'true time' and could 'start any machine in the kingdom by a perpetual motion to set itself at work and repeat itself without the assistance of any individual'.
Dates:
1808-05-23
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