| RefNo | AP/45/3 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'Bessel's hypsometric tables, as corrected by [Emile] Plantamour, reduced to English measures, and recalculated' by Alexander J [John] Ellis |
| Date | 1863 |
| Description | Ellis writes on Bessel's formulae and tables for calculating heights from observations on the barometer, which were originally published in 1838.
Annotations in pencil throughout. Includes five pages of geometric figures.
Subject: Mathematics / Geometry
Received 23 February 1863. Read 26 March 1863. Communicated by Dr Neil Arnott.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 12 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Bessel's hypsometric tables, as corrected by plantamour, reduced to english measures and recalculated'. |
| Extent | 57p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1862.0108 |
| RelatedRecord | MC/6/318 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6159 | Ellis; Alexander John (1814 - 1890); mathematician | 1814 - 1890 |
| NA8106 | Arnott; Neil (1788 - 1874) | 1788 - 1874 |