Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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Item
Letters from William Lester to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, 1820-12-25
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 340-341
Scope and Contents
Letter in which Lester states that he had been conducting experiments with light and proposed to find longitude without the use of a chronometer; he also enquires about a reward. Preceded by a related cover letter addressed to John Wilson Croaker [Croker].
Dates:
1820-12-25
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