Record

RefNoAP/9/21/6
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, on compass variation on HMS Alexander from John Ross to Sir Jos [Joseph] Banks
Date1 September 1818
DescriptionRoss provides further observations of compass variation on board HMS Alexander and attempts to define a rule for calculating deviation.

Subject: Geodesy

Written by Ross on HMS Alexander at sea.

The Royal Society did not publish this paper as Ross planned to include it in a published narrative of his voyages. Ross' narrative was published in 1819: Ross, John. A Voyage of Discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a North-west Passage. Vol. 1. London: Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819.
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialRoss' narrative available in the Royal Society Library: RCN27713
Ross, John. A Voyage of Discovery, made under the orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay, and inquiring into the probability of a North-west Passage. Vol. 1. London: Printed by Strahan and Spottiswoode, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819.
RelatedRecordAP/9/21
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8116Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist1744 - 1820
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