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