RefNo | CLP/6/72 |
Level | Item |
Title | Extract, 'An account of several rocks of ice of an uncommon bigness found in the ocean, extracted from Freziers Journal of his Chili voyage' by W R [William Rutty] |
Date | [1727] |
Description | Paper concerning icebergs observed through fog on 13 March 1714 during a voyage to Chile. Rutty writes that very few ships that have passed through the same latitudes have observed such icebergs, making his experience even more unusual.
Subject: Hydrology
Read to the Royal Society on 27 November 1727 |
Language | English |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA518 | Rutty; William (1687 - 1730) | 1687 - 1730 |