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RefNoPT/16/12/2
LevelItem
TitlePlate, 'Map of part of the environs of Madras shewing the relative positions of the Observatory House Station and the guns, used in the experiments by J Goldingham, FRS for ascertaining the velocity of sound' by unknown artist
Date31 May 1822
DescriptionWatercolour map of the area of Madras [Chennai] where John Goldingham conducted his experiments on the velocity of sound.

Subject: Acoustics / Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Experiments for ascertaining the velocity of sound, at Madras in the East Indies'.

Written by Goldingham in Madras [Chennai, India]. Read 20 February 1823.
Extent1p
FormatMap
PhysicalDescriptionFold-out watercolour map on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0206
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1823.0013
RelatedRecordPT/16/12
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CodePersonNameDates
NA1790Goldingham; John (c 1766 - 1849)c 1766 - 1849
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