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RefNoAP/28/28
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished extracts of letters, regarding a curious phenomenon seen at sea off Kyook Phyoo [Kyaukpyu, Myanmar] from various correspondents
Date1845-1846
DescriptionExtracts of three letters from Captain Williams, First Assistant to the Commissioner of Arracan, Ensign Haukeu and Mr. Howe, Marine Assistant Commissioner, giving details of a large flame observed far out at sea. It was believed to have been either a large ship on fire or a volcanic eruption, but no positive data exist for determining the question.

Received 7 May 1846. Communicated by Philip Henry Mahon.

An abstract of the paper was published 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 'Extracts of letters from Captain Williams, first Assistant to the Commissioner of Arracan, and from Ensign Haukeu and Mr. Howe, Marine Assistant Commissioner, giving details of a curious phenomenon seen at sea off Ryook Phyoo [sic]. Communicated by Viscount Mahon, F. R. S., Pres. S. A'.
Extent9p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0095
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3874Mahon; Philip Henry (1781 - 1855); 4th Earl Stanhope1781 - 1855
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