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Reference numberPT/62/4
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'On the Indian arc of meridian' by [John Henry Pratt]
Date19 July 1860
Description57 manuscript pages and one plate showing a diagram of the curvature of the Indian arc.

Subject: Geodesy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the Indian arc of meridian'.

Written by Pratt in Calcutta [Kolkata, West Bengal, India]. Communicated by Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes. Received by the Royal Society on 3 September 1860. Read 22 November 1860.

Abstract 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 10, 1860.
Extent58p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1859.0131
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1861.0025
Related records in the catalogueRR/4/205
RR/4/206
PT/62/4/1
PT/62/4/2
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8010Pratt; John Henry (1809 - 1871)1809 - 1871
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist1819 - 1903
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