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Paper, 'Corrections applied to the great meridional arc extending from latitude 8° 9' 38",39 to latitude 18° 3' 23",64 to reduce it to the parliamentary standard' by Lieut Col W [William] Lambton

Reference number: PT/16/4

Date: 1823

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Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Corrections applied to the great meridional arc, extending from latitude 8° 9' 38", 39, to latitude 18° 3' 23", 64, to reduce it to the parliamentary standard'.

Read 9 January 1823.

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PT/16/4
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1823
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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William Lambton

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William Lambton, Paper, 'Corrections applied to the great meridional arc extending from latitude 8° 9' 38",39 to latitude 18° 3' 23",64 to reduce it to the parliamentary standard' by Lieut Col W [William] Lambton, 1823, PT/16/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_16_4/paper-corrections-applied-to-the-great-meridional-arc-extending-from-latitude-8-9-3839-to-latitude-18-3-2364-to-reduce-it-to-the-parliamentary-standard-by-lieut-col-w-william-lambton, accessed on 18 January 2026

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