Zone d'identification
Cote
Add. MS a/199/43
Titre
Copy of a letter from Robert FitzRoy to Sir Francis Beaufort
Date(s)
- 3 June 1848 (Production)
Niveau de description
Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
8 sheets
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Gift of D. Stanbury, 3 March 1978.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
A photomechanical copy of a letter in which FitzRoy discusses the difficulty in obtaining correct observations of tides, requests him to look at the appendix to , and notes that Professor Whewell has adopted FitzRoy's "washing tub theory" to a great extent, a change from his previous views.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Finding aids
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence and location of originals
The location of the original letter is not known.