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Translation into English of SP 87/37/32. f. 84
Catalogue reference: SP 87/37/34
Date: 1760 February 2
Translation into English of SP 87/37/32. f. 84
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Folios 188-189. Letter dated at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich from Nevil Maskelyne,...
Catalogue reference: SP 37/10/76
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This record is about the Folios 188-189. Letter dated at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich from Nevil Maskelyne,... dating from 1774 May 27 in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1774 May 27
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Folios 188-189. Letter dated at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich from Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, to the Earl of Suffolk requesting leave of absence from his post in order to go to Scotland to oversee the experiment to measure 'the attraction of a hill in the Highlands' which, if successful, 'will greatly illustrate Sir Isaac Newton's doctrine concerning the general gravitation of matter'.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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