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Catalogue Entry: NATP00027

An Instrument for observing the Moon's Distance from the Fixt Stars at Sea

Author: Isaac Newton

Metadata: Published Oct.-Nov. 1742, in English , c. 536 words, 2pp.

Source: ‘An Instrument for observing the Moon's Distance from the Fixt Stars at Sea’, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, No. 465 (1742), pp. 155-156.

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[1] Read at a Meeting of the Royal Society, October 28. 1742.

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