| RefNo | PT/52/3 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'On the effect of local attraction upon the plumb-line at stations on the English arc of the meridian between Dunnose and Burleigh Moor; and a method of computing its amount' by Archdeacon [John Henry] Pratt |
| Date | 23 September 1854 |
| Description | Refers to Dunnose in the Isle of Wight and Burleigh Moor [Burley Moor] in West Yorkshire. Includes additional note written by Pratt in Lausanne [Switzerland] on 8 October 1855 and a postscript written in London on 2 June 1855. 48 manuscript pages and two plates.
Subject: Geodesy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the effect of local attraction upon the plumb-line at stations on the English Arc of the Meridian, between Dunnose and Burleigh Moor; and a method computing its amount'.
Written by Pratt at Deep River, Cape of Good Hope [Diep River, Western Cape, South Africa]. Communicated by Prof [James] Challis. Received by the Royal Society on 5 June 1855. Read 21 June 1855.
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 7, 1856. |
| Extent | 50p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0101 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1856.0006 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/3/219 |
| RR/3/220 |
| PT/52/3/1 |
| PT/52/3/2 |
| PT/52/3/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8010 | Pratt; John Henry (1809 - 1871) | 1809 - 1871 |
| NA7554 | Challis; James (1803 - 1882); astronomer | 1803 - 1882 |