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Reference numberPT/19/10
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TitleObservations, from 'An account of operations carried on for ascertaining the difference of level between the River Thames at London Bridge and the sea; and also for determining the height above the level of the sea, &c. of intermediate points passed over between Sheerness and London Bridge' by John Augustus Lloyd
Date[1831]
DescriptionObservations relating to Lloyd's paper on tides in London. A related letter to Lloyd from James Mitchell, master millwright at Sheerness Yard, regarding tides in Sheerness is found at PT/19/11. Another letter from John Hansfield to Lloyd correcting previous observations is found at PT/19/12. Unpublished plates associated with this paper are found at PT/19/13.

Subject: Hydrography

Published in volume 121 of Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations, from 'An account of operations carried on for ascertaining the difference of level between the River Thames at London Bridge and the sea; and also for determining the height above the level of the sea, &c. of intermediate points passed over between Sheerness and London Bridge'.

Read 3 March 1831.

Abstract of paper published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 3, 1837.
Extent48p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0012
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1831.0011
Related records in the cataloguePT/19/11
PT/19/12
PT/19/13
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1394Lloyd; John Augustus (1800 - 1854); engineer and surveyor1800 - 1854
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