| Reference number | AP/21/20 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'An account of a line of levels carried across Northern Syria, from the Mediterranean, to the river Euphrates' by William Taylor Thomson |
| Date | April 1838 |
| Description | Thomson shares observations on course of the river Euphrates and the structure and elevation of the surrounding landscape. He describes the operation, beginning in August 1835, of carrying the line of levels across North Syria with Lieutenant Murphy.With geological and botanical notes by William Ainsworth. Includes a map of the route traversed. Annotated in pencil throughout.
Subject: Geography
Received 25 April 1838. Communicated by Captain [Francis] Beaufort.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 4 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'An account of a line of levels, carried across Northern Syria, from the Mediterranean sea to the river Euphrates'. |
| Extent | 22p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0021 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/1/244 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA5914 | Beaufort; Sir; Francis (1774 - 1857); hydrographer | 1774 - 1857 |