An account of the trigonometrical operation, wherby the distance between the meridians of the observatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined / By William Roy.
- William Roy
- Date:
- [1790]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An account of the trigonometrical operation, wherby the distance between the meridians of the observatories of Greenwich and Paris has been determined / By William Roy. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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