Letter, 1806 May 3, Washington [D.C.] to Luiscius A. Van Shipmaen, n.p.

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Letter, 1806 May 3, Washington [D.C.] to Luiscius A. Van Shipmaen, n.p.

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Received treatise describing the bathometer for sounding the depths of the sea and the model for the instrument; presented it to the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia where its value can best be justly estimated and instrument brought to general notice.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 24 cm. x 20 cm.

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