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Paper, 'An abstract of the results deduced from the measurement of an arc on the meridian extending from latitude 8° 9' 38".4, to latitude 18° 3' 23".6 N., being an amplitude of 9° 53' 45".2' by Lieut Colonel Willm [William] Lambton

Reference number: PT/12/27

Date: 1818

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55 manuscript pages and one plate showing a map of the principal triangles from which the arc between Punnae [Punnai, Tamil Nadu, India] and Daumergidda [Damargidda, Telangana, India] is deduced.

Subject: Geodesy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An abstract of the results deduced from the measurement of an arc on the Meridian, extending from latitude 8° 9' 38",4,, to latitude 18° 3' 23", 6, N. being an amplitude of 9° 53' 45",2'.

Read 21 May 1818.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.

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PT/12/27
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1818
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Ink on paper
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56 pages
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William Lambton

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William Lambton, Paper, 'An abstract of the results deduced from the measurement of an arc on the meridian extending from latitude 8° 9' 38".4, to latitude 18° 3' 23".6 N., being an amplitude of 9° 53' 45".2' by Lieut Colonel Willm [William] Lambton, 1818, PT/12/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_12_27/paper-an-abstract-of-the-results-deduced-from-the-measurement-of-an-arc-on-the-meridian-extending-from-latitude-8-9-384-to-latitude-18-3-236-n-being-an-amplitude-of-9-53-452-by-lieut-colonel-willm-william-lambton, accessed on 09 March 2026

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