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
Description
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.
- Reference number
- PT/16/4
- Earliest possible date
- 1823
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
Use this record
Export this record
Citation
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
Link to this record
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
Embed this record
<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/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" title="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" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>
Related Publications
-
IV. 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 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1823
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1823.0006
Hierarchy
This item is part of:
-
-
Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1823
February 1822 - June 1823 Reference number: PT/16
Related Fellows
-
William Lambton
Author
Explore the collection
-
Philosophical Transactions
The 'Philosophical Transactions' collection comprises manuscript versions of papers published in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world’s first and longest continuously running journal dedicated to science.
Dates: 1802 - 1865
View collection