Pièce 43 - Copy of a letter from Robert FitzRoy to Sir Francis Beaufort

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

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 greatread more

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence and location of originals

The location of the original letter is not known.

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