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RefNoCLP/2/39
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Projet de la mesure de la terre en Russie' ['Proposal for the measurement of the earth in Russia'] by Joseph Nicholas de l'Isle
Date[1737]
DescriptionPaper by de l'Isle regarding a method using triangles for measuring the Russian landmass. The paper was read at a meeting of the Academy of Sciences of St Petersburg [Russia] on 21 January 1737. An English translation is found at CLP/2/39a.

Subject: Physics / Geography

Published in English in Philosophical Transactions as 'A proposal for the measurement of the earth in Russia, read at a meeting of the Academy of Sciences of St. Petersbourg, Jan. 21. 1737. by Mr Jos. Nic. de L'Isle, first professor of astronomy, and F. R. S.'

Addressed to Cromwel [Cromwell] Mortimer and given by Mortimer to the Royal Society on 16 June 1737. Translation read to the Royal Society on 23 June 1737.
LanguageFrench
Extent19p
FormatPrinted
PhysicalDescriptionTypescript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0008
Version printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 40, no 445, p 27 (1737)
RelatedRecordCLP/2/39a
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8055Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752)c 1699 - 1752
NA8375Lisle; Joseph Nicholas De (1688 - 1768)1688 - 1768
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