| RefNo | MS/257/2/43 |
| AltRefNo | Sa.425 |
| Previous numbers | ES2/9/425 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Ashley Place, Westminster to Captain J Washington |
| Date | 12 September 1854 |
| Description | Regarding ‘the changes of wind in a cyclone’. Dove argues a distinction should ‘be made between those changes of wind which are produced by the advance of cyclone over the surface of the earth, and those which are the necessary consequences of the phenomena which] Dove describes as ‘the law of deflection’. Dove elaborates on this statement. Refers to when a cyclone is ‘moving over the earth’s surface’ and investigations in both hemispheres. Reference to ‘trade winds’, ‘currents of the air’ and ‘temperate zones’. Uses London as an example. Dove argues that in the case of ‘tempestuous movements of the atmosphere, that storms are either “gales or hurricanes”’. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Typescript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7655 | Dove; Heinrich Wilhelm (1803 - 1879); meteorologist | 1803 - 1879 |