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Remarks on the Hadley's quadrant, tending principally to remove the difficulties which have hitherto attended the use of the back-observation, ... By Nevil Maskelyne, ...
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1772 Pri (b.w.) Af.388.4 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811 21865
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [2],24p. ; 4°.
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1772.
- Notes:
- A lecture read to the Royal Society on May 28, 1772.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with Priestley, Observations, q.v.; item 4 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (26); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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