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RefNoAP/65/1
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On Meldrum's rules for handling ships in the Southern Indian Ocean' by Ralph Abercromby
CreatorAbercromby; Ralph (1842-1897); Scottish meteorologist
Date1888
DescriptionAbercromby examines critically certain rules given by [Charles] Meldrum for handling ships during hurricanes in the South Indian Ocean, by means both of published observations and from personal inspection of many unpublished records in the Observatory at Mauritius.

Annotations in ink throughout. Includes eight pages of diagrams relating to hurricanes and cyclones.

Subject: Meteorology

Received 7 June 1888. Read 14 June 1888. Communicated by Robert H [Henry] Scott.

Typed by Miss Dickens's Type Writing Office, 26 Wellington Street, Strand [London].

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 44 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On Meldrum’s rules for handling ships in the Southern Indian Ocean'.
Extent75p
FormatManuscript
Typescript
Diagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsNot available to view, off site for conservation. Please refer to digital surrogate on Science in the Making.
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1888.0043
RelatedRecordRR/10/115
RR/10/116
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1159Scott; Robert Henry (1833 - 1916)1833 - 1916
NA6163Meldrum; Charles (1821 - 1901)1821 - 1901
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