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posted on 2023-11-22, 07:16 authored by Francis Abbott
At the May meeting of the Society, some notes were read and a discussion took place as to the desirability of establishing time signals in the colony. In the opinion of that meeting further information was required on the subject, and a committee was appointed to make inquiry as to the size of gun necessary, the distance at which a report could be heard, and the amount of expense that would be incurred.

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Monthly Notices of Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

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109-111

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In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania..

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