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Title
Item 05: Nouvelle method de Calculer la longitude par les distances de la lune, 1795
Call number
MLMSS 9716/Item 5
Level of description
item
Date

ca. 1795
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
1382106
Physical Description
1 manuscript - 215 x 170 mm
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Manuscript describing the lunar method of calculating longitude, relating to work done by Joseph Mendoza y Rios. Probably sent to Louis de Freycinet by an unknown correspondent. 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 Content
7 page manuscript, stitch-sewn with 'Mons. Freycinet... de Caisse' note to front. Describes the lunar method of calculating longitude, relating to work done by Mendoza y Rios in 1795. Includes text, mathematical calculations and diagrams, in an unknown hand. Stamped with 'Archives de Laage'.
Name
Mendoza y Riós, José de, 1763-1816
Subject
Navigation.
Explorers--France.
Astronomical instruments.
Astronomy--Instruments.
Scientific apparatus and instruments.

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