London Evening-Post Rumb. 452 May notes and military news
May reports from Berlin Strasbourg and Paris recount ongoing negotiations with Great Britain and preparations for financial actions on the Silesia Loan. Updates note troop movements toward Provence, a French capture at Ciudadella, sieges around Minorca, and naval measures debated by the Hague Admiralty Delegates as the Republic seeks a strengthened marine footing.
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Holland
Berlin
Mitchel
Great Britain
London
Silesia
Strasbourg
Cony
Auxonne
Saone
Provence
Besanton
St. Philip’s Fort
Mahon
Brusels
Dicy
French Flanders
Boulogne
Dunkirk
Hague
Admiralty Colleges
Marine of the Republick
Invention for measuring longitude by sun and stars
A letter to the author praising a new instrument by John Panckeridge of Holwell near Burford Oxfordshire. It describes using sun or star references and a precision watch to determine longitude difference, enabling navigation with accurate time and meridian calculations. It includes other news from Oxford and Lambourn races, military desertion and troop movements, and French state letters.
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John Panckeridge
Holwell
Burford
Oxfordshire
London
Oxford
Chatham
Rochester
John Downer
Capt. Blunt
Gen. Stewart
Canterbury
Maidstone
Marshal Noailles
Council of State
Paris
Mont
de Voltaire
Toulon
France
Spain
Mediterranean
Don Philip
Provence
Admiral Matthews
England
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