| RefNo | MC/5/117 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from W B Edwards, master, 'HM Brig Penguin', off Natal, to the Royal Society |
| Date | 30 July 1853 |
| Description | Describing a detail a comet he observed whilst aboard the HM Brig Penguin. Edwards offers some description of the meteorological conditions at the time.
The letter includes a small table on latitude and longitude of the ship as well as a small illustration of the sky.
[Place: modern-day KwaZulu-Natal] |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0133 |