| RefNo | AP/13/27 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'Account of the accident to the packet-ship New York from lightning' by Stewart Traill |
| Date | July 1827 |
| Description | Traill recounts an instance of an American packet ship called New York being struck by lightning on 19 April 1827 when sailing from New York [United States] to Liverpool [Merseyside, England], causing significant damage to the ship. Traill interviewed the captain and officers from the ship and examined the ship itself to ascertain the degree of damage sustained by electric explosions, particularly on the ship's iron work, compasses, chronometer, and watches. The paper contains extracts from the ship's log as well as one diagram in the text and three separate pages of illustrations.
Subject: Meteorology / Physics
Written by Traill in Liverpool. Communicated by Henry Brougham. Received by the Royal Society 9 February 1828. Read 21 and 28 February 1828. |
| Extent | 60p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | AP/13/27/1 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8151 | Brougham; Henry Peter (1778 - 1868); Baron Brougham and Vaux | 1778 - 1868 |