| Reference number | CLP/2/39 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Projet de la mesure de la terre en Russie' ['Proposal for the measurement of the earth in Russia'] by Joseph Nicholas de l'Isle |
| Date | [1737] |
| Description | Paper by de l'Isle regarding a method using triangles for measuring the Russian landmass. The paper was read at a meeting of the Academy of Sciences of St Petersburg [Russia] on 21 January 1737. An English translation is found at CLP/2/39a.
Subject: Physics / Geography
Published in English in Philosophical Transactions as 'A proposal for the measurement of the earth in Russia, read at a meeting of the Academy of Sciences of St. Petersbourg, Jan. 21. 1737. by Mr Jos. Nic. de L'Isle, first professor of astronomy, and F. R. S.'
Addressed to Cromwel [Cromwell] Mortimer and given by Mortimer to the Royal Society on 16 June 1737. Translation read to the Royal Society on 23 June 1737. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 19p |
| Format | Printed |
| Physical description | Typescript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0008
Version printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 40, no 445, p 27 (1737) |
| Related records in the catalogue | CLP/2/39a |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |
| NA8375 | Lisle; Joseph Nicholas De (1688 - 1768) | 1688 - 1768 |