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WILLIAM ROY Rare Navigation Book c1797 Trigonometry Between Paris & Greenwich

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WILLIAM ROY Rare Navigation Book c1797 Trigonometry Between Paris & Greenwich

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Roy, Major General William :AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRIGONOMETRICAL OPERATION WHEREBY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE MERIDIANS OF THE OBSERVATORIES OF GREENWICH AND PARIS HAS BEEN DETERMINED Published in 1790, ,1st Edition. Measures 10.5" x 9". Publishged by the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.Bound in full brown calf, edges rubbed, hinges reinforced with black cloth tape, marbled boards, bookplate of Joseph Smith, 4 folding tables, 11 folding large plates all intact and unfoxed. Text block very good, clean and tight. Scarce!

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Name: WILLIAM ROY Rare Navigation Book c1797 Trigonometry Between Paris & Greenwich
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