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The Board of Longitude Collections Digitized

Posted on July 18, 2013 by GilPress

The archives of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, held in Cambridge University Library, include the complete run of the surviving papers of the Board of Longitude through the eighteenth century until its abolition in 1828. These papers throw a vivid light … Continue reading →

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