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Uncatalogued: Letter written by William Whiston, natural philosopher and theologian, 1667-1752

The holograph letter was received by First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Charles Wager on 7 November 1734 (letter dated 6 November 1734). Wager was one of Whiston's patrons for finding a method to solve the problem of longitude at sea. He begins by referring to his 'Description of Mr. Whiston's Reflecting Telescope, for the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea' 22 October 1730; and proceeds to discuss reflecting telescopes and finding longitude by the occultations of the moons of Jupiter.

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Object Details

ID:	MSS/79/130
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Whiston, William
Date made:	1734-01-01 - ?; 1734-11-06 1734-11-07 1734-11 1734
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 item
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