| RefNo | MC/4/107 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from John Ross, Captain with the Royal Navy, London, to Captain William Henry Smyth |
| Date | 10 December 1845 |
| Description | Regarding [Michael] Faraday's recent paper on the magnetization of light and the illumination of magnetic lines of force. Ross requests for it to be known that he made this discovery on his voyage [in the Arctic]. For this, he cites the narrative and appendix of the voyage as well as a House of Commons report from 1834 as proof.
[Read by Council on 15 January 1846.] |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | CMP/1/202 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5062 | Smyth; William Henry (1788 - 1865) | 1788 - 1865 |