Identity area
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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Repository
Content and structure area
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 moon… read more