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Paper, 'Measurement of an arc of a meridian from Dunnose, Isle of Wight to Clifton, Yorkshire' by William Mudge

Reference number: L&P/12/58

Date: 1803

Description

Contains seven plates.

Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the measurement of an arc of the Meridian, extending from Dunnose, in the Isle of Wight, latitude 50° 37' 8", to Clifton, in Yorkshire, latitude 53° 27' 31", in course of the operations carried on for the trigonometrical survey of England, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802. By Major William Mudge, of the Royal Artillery, F. R. S'

Read 23 June 1803

Reference number
L&P/12/58
Earliest possible date
1803
Physical description
Ink on paper and seven plates
Page extent
129 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Mudge

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William Mudge, Paper, 'Measurement of an arc of a meridian from Dunnose, Isle of Wight to Clifton, Yorkshire' by William Mudge, 1803, L&P/12/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_58/paper-measurement-of-an-arc-of-a-meridian-from-dunnose-isle-of-wight-to-clifton-yorkshire-by-william-mudge, accessed on 13 October 2024

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