Description of "an instrument cheifely to demonstrate thatt one man going E:ward till hee com round aboute the world shall loose a whole day and a nightt of 24 houres, and contrarywise another thatt traveils W:ward shall gett as much to a third man thatt keepes one station, soe that when they come together they shall have 3 severall daies all uppon one day, to be experimented best under the Eaquinoctial"
MS. Rawl. A. 315, fol. 209b
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Title
Description of "an instrument cheifely to demonstrate thatt one man going E:ward till hee com round aboute the world shall loose a whole day and a nightt of 24 houres, and contrarywise another thatt traveils W:ward shall gett as much to a third man thatt keepes one station, soe that when they come together they shall have 3 severall daies all uppon one day, to be experimented best under the Eaquinoctial"
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MS. Rawl. A. 315, fol. 209b
Date
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Language
English
Physical extent
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Collection contents
Rawlinson A: English History
Itinerarium Mundii by Peter Mundy
Description of "an instrument cheifely to demonstrate thatt one man going E:ward till hee com round aboute the world shall loose a whole day and a nightt of 24 houres, and contrarywise another thatt traveils W:ward shall gett as much to a third man thatt keepes one station, soe that when they come together they shall have 3 severall daies all uppon one day, to be experimented best under the Eaquinoctial"
