| Reference number | AP/31/6/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, regarding the survey of the East Indian Archipelago from Charles Morgan Elliot to Colonel [Edward] Sabine |
| Creator | Elliot; Charles Morgan (1815-1852); British naval officer; diplomat; colonial administrator |
| Date | 6 August 1849 |
| Description | Elliot describes the process of taking magnetic observations, listing the locations where he undertook the observations and the equipment used in the process.
Subject: Hydrology / Meteorology
Written by Elliot in Madras [Chennai, India].
This letter was published in full in volume 5 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'A Letter from Captain C. M. Elliot, Madras Engineers, to Lieut.-Col. Sabine, For. Sec. R.S., transmitted through the Court of Directors of the East India Company. Communicated by Lieut.- Col. Sabine.' |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0214 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |