Translation, 'A proposal for the measurement of the earth in Russia' by [Joseph Nicholas] de l'Isle
Reference number: CLP/2/39a
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. Original printed version in French found at CLP/2/39.
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.'
Communicated by Cromwell Mortimer. Translated by Thomas Stack. Translation read to the Royal Society on 23 June 1737.
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- CLP/2/39a
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- 1737
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- 31 pages
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- Manuscript
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Joseph Nicholas De Lisle, Translation, 'A proposal for the measurement of the earth in Russia' by [Joseph Nicholas] de l'Isle, 1737, CLP/2/39a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_2_39a/translation-a-proposal-for-the-measurement-of-the-earth-in-russia-by-joseph-nicholas-de-lisle, accessed on 10 July 2025
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VII. 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. Translated from the French printed at St. Petersbourgh, 1737. 4to. By T. S. M. D. F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1738
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0008
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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
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Classified papers: volume 2 concerning 'Surveying, Opticks, Perspective, Sculpture, Painting, Music, Acoustics Mechanicks'
1656-1737 Reference number: CLP/2
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Cromwell Mortimer
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Joseph Nicholas De Lisle
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Thomas Stack
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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