'A description of an instrument set up at Kew in Surrey for investigateing the annual Parallax of the fixt Stars, with an account of the Observations made therewith', by Samuel Molyneux
MS. Bradley 38*
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
'A description of an instrument set up at Kew in Surrey for investigateing the annual Parallax of the fixt Stars, with an account of the Observations made therewith', by Samuel Molyneux
Shelfmark
MS. Bradley 38*
Summary
'A description of an instrument set up at Kew in Surrey for investigateing the annual Parallax of the fixt Stars, with an account of the Observations made therewith', by Samuel Molyneux (and corrected in his own hand), about 1725: followed by some other papers of observations. MS. Bradley 38* is the first draft copy, MS. Bradley 39 the final copy of the description, and both are corrected by the author's hand.
Date
Written in or soon after 1725
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
40 Leaves
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Collection contents
'A description of an instrument set up at Kew in Surrey for investigateing the annual Parallax of the fixt Stars, with an account of the Observations made therewith', by Samuel Molyneux
