Observations, from 'An account of operations carried on for ascertaining the difference of level between the River Thames at London Bridge and the sea; and also for determining the height above the level of the sea, &c. of intermediate points passed over between Sheerness and London Bridge' by John Augustus Lloyd
Reference number: PT/19/10
Date: 1831
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Observations relating to Lloyd's paper on tides in London. A related letter to Lloyd from James Mitchell, master millwright at Sheerness Yard, regarding tides in Sheerness is found at PT/19/11. Another letter from John Hansfield to Lloyd correcting previous observations is found at PT/19/12. Unpublished plates associated with this paper are found at PT/19/13.
Subject: Hydrography
Published in volume 121 of Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations, from 'An account of operations carried on for ascertaining the difference of level between the River Thames at London Bridge and the sea; and also for determining the height above the level of the sea, &c. of intermediate points passed over between Sheerness and London Bridge'.
Read 3 March 1831.
Abstract of paper 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 3, 1837.
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John Augustus Lloyd, Observations, from 'An account of operations carried on for ascertaining the difference of level between the River Thames at London Bridge and the sea; and also for determining the height above the level of the sea, &c. of intermediate points passed over between Sheerness and London Bridge' by John Augustus Lloyd, 1831, PT/19/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_19_10/observations-from-an-account-of-operations-carried-on-for-ascertaining-the-difference-of-level-between-the-river-thames-at-london-bridge-and-the-sea-and-also-for-determining-the-height-above-the-level-of-the-sea-c-of-intermediate-points-passed-over-between-sheerness-and-london-bridge-by-john-augustus-lloyd, accessed on 11 December 2024
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An account of operations carried on for ascertaining the difference of level between the river Thames at London bridge and the sea: and also for determining the height above the level of the sea, &c. of intermediate points passed over between sheerness and London bridge External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1837
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0012
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Date: 31st December 1831
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1831.0011
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Letter, regarding tides in Sheerness from J [James] Mitchell to John Augustus Lloyd
Creator: James Mitchell Reference number: PT/19/11 -
Letter, correcting tidal observations from John Hansfield to John Augustus Lloyd
Creator: John Hansfield Reference number: PT/19/12 -
Plates, relating to 'An account of operations carried on for ascertaining the difference of level between the River Thames at London Bridge and the sea; and also for determining the height above the level of the sea, &c. of intermediate points passed over between Sheerness and London Bridge' by John Augustus Lloyd
Creator: John Augustus Lloyd Reference number: PT/19/13
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1830-1831
February 1830 - July 1831 Reference number: PT/19
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