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Henry Mowat

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Colonial Astronomers In Search Of The Longitude Of New England, Richard F. Rothschild Apr 1983

Colonial Astronomers In Search Of The Longitude Of New England, Richard F. Rothschild

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This article deals with aspects of progress made between 1755 and 1785 to identify the longitude of New England and the reasons for the failure of the Harvard-American Academy of Arts and Sciences expedition to Penobscot to see the totality of the solar eclipse of October 27 1780.

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