Record

RefNoAP/16/21/3
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, regarding instructions for making meteorological and magnetic observations from John Washington to J G [John George] Children
Date28 July 1836
DescriptionWashington, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, forwards Kupffer's paper on to Children at the Royal Society, believing the contents would be 'far more advantageously disposed of for the cause of science'.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3175Children; John George (1777 - 1852); chemist1777 - 1852
NA5601Kupffer; Adolph Theodor (1799 - 1865)1799 - 1865
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