Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS a/199/43
Title
Copy of a letter from Robert FitzRoy to Sir Francis Beaufort
Date(s)
- 3 June 1848 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
8 sheets
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Name of creator
Biographical history
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of D. Stanbury, 3 March 1978.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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.
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
The location of the original letter is not known.