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Letter from John Beale to George Gilpin, 1808-10-17

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 8-9

Scope and Contents

Informing the Board of Longitude that he had constructed an instrument to measure the time from the departure of a ship to its arrival.

Dates

  • 1808-10-17

Creator

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Extent

2 folio(s) (2 ff.) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Original geographic information

London [destination]

Original geographic information

Woodbury [origination]

Finding aid date

2012-11-06 14:48:01+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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