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Unpublished paper, 'Geographical position of the principal points of the Triangulation of Californias and of the Mexican Coasts of the Pacific, with the heights of the principal points of that part of the Cordilleras' by Vincent Piccolimini

Reference number: AP/23/38

Date: 09 January 1840

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Piccolimini shares geographical and astronomical observations recorded during a voyage in the Pacific.

Subject: Geography / Astronomy

Received 15 January 1840. Communicated by Sir J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel.

Reference number
AP/23/38
Earliest possible date
09 January 1840
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished paper, 'Geographical position of the principal points of the Triangulation of Californias and of the Mexican Coasts of the Pacific, with the heights of the principal points of that part of the Cordilleras' by Vincent Piccolimini, 09 January 1840, AP/23/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_23_38/unpublished-paper-geographical-position-of-the-principal-points-of-the-triangulation-of-californias-and-of-the-mexican-coasts-of-the-pacific-with-the-heights-of-the-principal-points-of-that-part-of-the-cordilleras-by-vincent-piccolimini, accessed on 13 February 2025

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