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Manuscripts/MS Add.9597/6 contains:
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37 Astronomical Tables
38 Of the Diurnal Motion of the Earth
39 Some Considerations Concerning the Improvement of Telescopes
40 Elements of Astronomy
41 Of Astronomy (Oughtred)
42 Condamine's Observations at Quito
43 Bouguer's Observations at Quito
44 Of the Aberration of the Fixed Stars
45 "Theoria Lunae Rationalis" and "Lunar Tables"
46 Miscellaneous Astronomical Notes
47 Lectures on Astronomy
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Title Condamine's Observations at Quito
Reference MS Add.9597/6/42
(former reference: 4.4)
Creator Condamine, Charles Marie de la, 1701-1774, mathematician and astronomer
Covering Dates 20 November 1737-May 1738 (The former is the date of the treatise, the latter the date of the letter.)
Extent and Medium ff.13 [quarto]; paper
Content and context

Possibly autograph. Includes a letter from Bouguer and Condamine to Edmund Halley.

VI.6.5-6

Further information

Add. MS 9597/6/50

Index Terms
Astronomy
Halley, Edmond (1656-1742) astronomer
Condamine, Charles Marie de la (1701-1774) geographer and mathematician
Bouguer, Pierre (1698-1758) mathematician and hydrographer
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