RefNo | MC/5/117 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from W B Edwards, master, 'HM Brig Penguin', off Natal, to the Royal Society |
Date | 30 July 1853 |
Description | Describing a detail a comet he observed whilst aboard the HM Brig Penguin. Edwards offers some description of the meteorological conditions at the time. The letter includes a small table on latitude and longitude of the ship as well as a small illustration of the sky.
[Place: modern-day KwaZulu-Natal] |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0133 |