| Reference number | MS/257/1/236 |
| Alternative reference number | Sa.236 |
| Previous numbers | ES1/38/236 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Charles Brooke, 29 Keppel Street to Edward Sabine |
| Date | 9 October 1848 |
| Description | Brooke is sending Sabine Captain [Henry] Lefroy’s model register. Captain ‘S’ is expecting a magnet however Brooke has not been requested to supply him with one. Brooke a succeeded with a complete thermometer register in which the place of the mercury and the scale of the thermometer are ‘impressed’ on the paper, and describes his method for achieving this. Suggests putting a short summary of this instrument along with a sample of the results in the [Philosophical] Transactions. Discussion on estimating the value of the scale in parts of force in the bifilar. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7650 | Brooke; Charles (1804 - 1879) | 1804 - 1879 |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |