Paper, 'Observations for determining the length of a degree of latitude in Maryland and Pennsylvania' by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
Reference number: L&P/5/57
Date: 1768
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Subject: Geography
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations for determining the length of a degree of latitude in the provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania, in North America'
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- L&P/5/57
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- 1768
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- Ink on paper
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- 48 pages
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- Manuscript
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Charles Mason, Jeremiah Dixon, Paper, 'Observations for determining the length of a degree of latitude in Maryland and Pennsylvania' by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, 1768, L&P/5/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_57/paper-observations-for-determining-the-length-of-a-degree-of-latitude-in-maryland-and-pennsylvania-by-charles-mason-and-jeremiah-dixon, accessed on 20 March 2025
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XLII. Observations for determining the length of a degree of latitude in the provinces of Maryland and Pennsylvania, in North America External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1768
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1768.0042
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Decade 5 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1768-1772 Reference number: L&P/5
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