| RefNo | CLP/6/72 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Extract, 'An account of several rocks of ice of an uncommon bigness found in the ocean, extracted from Freziers Journal of his Chili voyage' by W R [William Rutty] |
| Date | [1727] |
| Description | Paper concerning icebergs observed through fog on 13 March 1714 during a voyage to Chile. Rutty writes that very few ships that have passed through the same latitudes have observed such icebergs, making his experience even more unusual.
Subject: Hydrology
Read to the Royal Society on 27 November 1727 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA518 | Rutty; William (1687 - 1730) | 1687 - 1730 |