RefNo | MM/7/142 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from John Fitch to Sir Joseph Banks |
Date | 23 December 1793 |
Description | Sends Banks an instrument which furnishes "an easy and natural way of keeping a ship's reckoning at sea". Also includes a sketch of a model which he is of opinion would be a great improvement to the Waterworks at London Bridge.
With draft reply by Banks that he will place Fitch's letter before the Board of Longitude. |
Extent | 3 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |