| RefNo | AP/33/29 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the graduation of the thermometers supplied from the Kew Observatory [London] for the use of the Arctic searching expedition under Sir Edward Belcher' by John Welsh |
| Date | 21 April 1852 |
| Description | Welsh describes the process of calibrating a set of mercurial and spirit thermometers graduated for low temperatures.
Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments / Meteorology
Written by Welsh at Kew Observatory.
This paper was published in full in volume 6 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On the graduation of the thermometers supplied from the Kew Observatory for the use of the arctic searching expedition under Sir Edward Belcher'. |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| AccessConditions | Not available to view, off site for conservation. Please refer to digital surrogate on Science in the Making. |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0067 |
| RelatedRecord | AP/33/28 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1680 | Welsh; John (1824 - 1859) | 1824 - 1859 |