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Paper, 'Account of the measurement of a base line upon the sea beach near Porto Novo on the coast of Coromandel' by Michael Topping

Reference number: L&P/10/2

Date: 4 February 1789

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Includes plate.

Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Part of a letter from Mr. Michael Topping, to Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S'

Read 16 February 1792

Reference number
L&P/10/2
Earliest possible date
4 February 1789
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
28 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Account of the measurement of a base line upon the sea beach near Porto Novo on the coast of Coromandel' by Michael Topping, 4 February 1789, L&P/10/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_2/paper-account-of-the-measurement-of-a-base-line-upon-the-sea-beach-near-porto-novo-on-the-coast-of-coromandel-by-michael-topping, accessed on 14 December 2025

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