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Draft of a letter from the Board of Longitude to Henry Browse, 1813
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/38: 315-316
Scope and Contents
Outlining the Board's objections to his machine for ascertaining longitude by the ship's distance.
Dates:
1813
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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 and instruments used to establish longitude and the use of chronometers at sea
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Henry Browse's machine to measure longitude by means of the distance sailed