Reference number | MC/3/245 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from Joseph Beattie, School of Leslie, Aberdeenshire, By Old Rayne, to Dr. Peter Mark Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society |
Date | 4 November 1842 |
Description | Regarding measurements of the distance of the visible horizon, computed for all heights of the Earth's surface. Beattie requests information on any precedents for these calculations and elaborates on some mathematical theories involved. The letter contains a table detailing height, visible distance, and English miles. |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA6616 | Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist | 1779 - 1869 |