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MS - Manuscripts General
- 591 - Papers of the British National Antarctic Expedition 'Discovery'
  - 4 - Correspondence on meteorology between Robert Falcon Scott, Archibald Geikie, William Napier Shaw, and others

RefNo	MS/591/4/1
Level	Item
Title	Letter from W N [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to Sir Archibald Geikie, Royal Society, Burlington House
Creator	Shaw; Sir; William Napier (1854-1945)
Recipient	Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835-1924)
Date	7 April 1908
Description	Concerning future publications of meteorological data from the 'Discovery' Expedition. Shaw notes there are still 'about 1,000 double-folio sheets of observation and maps of circum-polar observations, and the records of the autographic instruments at the winter quarters'. His understanding was that the maps would be printed as a second volume of meteorological work. Captain [Melville Willis Campbell] Hepworth is preparting a draft with the maps reduced to fit '12 maps on an opening'. The autographic records could be published as a normal scientific paper and the Meteorological Committee would likely publish it if the learned societies are not interested. Ends with a comment on the confusion over further publications: 'If the Geographical Society would prefer the 'balance' instead of the publication of the results of the expedition which they were at such pains to initiate, I should be delighted to transfer to them the material that we posess, to be dealt with by them in any way that they see fit'.
Extent	2p
Format	Typescript
AccessStatus	Open

Fellows associated with this archive

Code	PersonName	Dates
NA7142	Shaw; Sir; William Napier (1854 - 1945); meteorologist	1854 - 1945
NA6174	Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835 - 1924); geologist and historian	1835 - 1924

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