| RefNo | PT/50/2 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'On the attraction of the Himmalaya [Himalaya] Mountains, and of the elevated regions beyond them, upon the plumb-line of India' by John Henry Pratt |
| Date | 12 July 1854 |
| Description | 113 manuscript pages including five figures.
Subject: Geodesy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the attraction of the Himalaya Mountains, and of the elevated regions beyond them, upon the plumb-line in India'.
Written by Pratt at Deep River, Cape of Good Hope [Diep River, Western Cape, South Africa]. Communicated by J [James] Challis. Received by the Royal Society on 23 October 1854. Read 7 December 1854.
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 | 113p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0046 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1855.0002 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/2/193 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8010 | Pratt; John Henry (1809 - 1871) | 1809 - 1871 |
| NA7554 | Challis; James (1803 - 1882); astronomer | 1803 - 1882 |