1382071
- TitleItem 02: Mémoire sur quelques methods nouvelles de Calculer la longitude… Don Joseph de Mendoza y Rios Capne. De Vau. & c., [undated]
- Call numberMLMSS 9716/Item 2
- Level of descriptionitem
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ca. 1800-ca. 1820 - Type of material
- Reference code1382071
- Physical Description1 manuscript - 380 x 220 mm
- ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
Manuscript by French explorer Louis de Freycinet referencing new methods of calculating longitude as promulgated by Joseph de Mendoza y Rios, a Spanish astronomer and correspondent of Freycinet's, who made improvements to the Reflecting Circle (astronomical instrument) in 1816 by adding a vernier scale. Part of a group of manuscripts associated with Freycinet related to navigation and longitude held in a file stamped 'Archives de Laage' and headed Astonomie et Navigation, ca. 1800-ca. 1820. - Scope and Content3 page manuscript, including mathematical tables, undated, written in two different hands, including Freycinet's.
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