C.P.E. Burgwyn's determination of longitude of the Harvard College Observatory, 1876

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C.P.E. Burgwyn's determination of longitude of the Harvard College Observatory, 1876

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Handwritten report by C.P.E. Burgwyn, created for the Harvard College Observatory, discussing the determination of longitude of the Observatory. The report is sixteen pages and includes various data and calculations. Burgwyn presumably worked on the project as part of his studies in Civil Engineering at the Lawrence Scientific School.

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