Item 121 - Letter from William Brownlow

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Reference code

Add. MS a/201/121

Title

Letter from William Brownlow

Date(s)

  • [6 Sept. 1836] (Creation)

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Item

Extent and medium

3 pp

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Scope and content

Wilmslow Rectory, nr. Manchester - In ascertaining the longitude of a ship at sea WB questions the accuracy of chronometers and the lunar method: The moon should not be used as 'the clock' in the solution to finding longitude. The movements of the moonread more