Item 212 - Letter from Sir John William Lubbock

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Reference code

R./6.20/212

Title

Letter from Sir John William Lubbock

Date(s)

  • [1832] (Creation)

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Extent and medium

1 folded sheet

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Scope and content

Corrections for parallax and declination differ from Bernoulli's theory. Lubbock attaches a table of corrections for the moon's parallax.

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