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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

Reference number: PT/19/13

Date: 1830

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Unpublished map and diagram relating to Lloyd's paper titled 'An account of operations carried on for ascertaining the difference of level between the River Thames at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'. Observations from this paper are found at PT/19/10.

Subject: Hydrography

Reference number
PT/19/13
Earliest possible date
1830
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Watercolour on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Watercolour

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John Augustus Lloyd

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John Augustus Lloyd, 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, 1830, PT/19/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_19_13/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, accessed on 11 December 2024

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