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Title
Item 03: Méthode pour trouver la Latitude par deux hauteur du soleil… Pour Mr. de Freycinet, Capne. de frégate, Commandant de l’Uranie, ca. 1817-1820
Call number
MLMSS 9716/Item 3
Level of description
item
Date

ca. 1817-1820
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
1382086
Physical Description
1 manuscript - 340 x 220 mm
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Manuscript addressed to Louis de Freycinet on board the Uranie referencing methods of calculating longitude. 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
Five and a half page manuscript, including mathematical calculations and diagrams, ca. 1817-1820, in an unknown hand
Subject
Uranie (Corvette)
Navigation.
Voyages and travels--19th century.
Explorers--France.
Astronomical instruments.
Astronomy--Instruments.
Scientific apparatus and instruments.

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