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Letter concerning comparative trials of the sounding instruments of Burt and Massey, 1814-03-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 173
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter from the Admiralty Office to Sir John Barrow [Second Secretary of the Admiralty] containing an extract from the proceedings of the Board of Longitude, requesting that the Admiralty arrange a comparative trial of the sounding instruments of Peter Burt and Edward Massey.
Dates:
1814-03-08
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