| RefNo | PT/12/27 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'An abstract of the results deduced from the measurement of an arc on the meridian extending from latitude 8° 9' 38".4, to latitude 18° 3' 23".6 N., being an amplitude of 9° 53' 45".2' by Lieut Colonel Willm [William] Lambton |
| Date | [1818] |
| Description | 55 manuscript pages and one plate showing a map of the principal triangles from which the arc between Punnae [Punnai, Tamil Nadu, India] and Daumergidda [Damargidda, Telangana, India] is deduced.
Subject: Geodesy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An abstract of the results deduced from the measurement of an arc on the Meridian, extending from latitude 8° 9' 38",4,, to latitude 18° 3' 23", 6, N. being an amplitude of 9° 53' 45",2'.
Read 21 May 1818.
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 2, 1833. |
| Extent | 56p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0097 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1818.0029 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/12/27/1 |
| PT/12/27/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2200 | Lambton; William (c1756 - 1823) | c1756 - 1823 |