RefNo | AP/9/21/6 |
Level | Item |
Title | Unpublished letter, on compass variation on HMS Alexander from John Ross to Sir Jos [Joseph] Banks |
Date | 1 September 1818 |
Description | Ross 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. |
Extent | 5p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Ross' 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. |
RelatedRecord | AP/9/21 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |