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
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… read more
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence and location of originals
The location of the original letter is not known.