Key Information
Reference code
K/PP62/1/61-63
Title
Corresondence with polar explorer Edward Sabine, 1823-1824
Date(s)
- Jun 11 (Creation)
- [1824] (Creation)
- 1823 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
3 items
Scope and content
Correspondence with Edward Sabine, polar explorer, relating to observations by John Frederic William Herschel using Daniell's hygrometer including suggested improvements to the hygrometer; field observations collected using a barometer; enquiry regarding maps and mean temperatures, East Greenland and Spitzbergen, notice of essay on meteorology by James Renwick, Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy and Chemistry, Columbia College, New York, US, published in the Philosophical magazine; remarks on Daniell's hygrometer reported by the Annales de chemie; comments on characterisation of George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, in article published by the London magazine, [1823-1824]. 3 items