Record

RefNoMS/257/4/428
AltRefNoSa.1567
Previous numbersES4/24/1567
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Balfour Stewart, Kew Observatory to [Edward Sabine]
Date14 March 1866
DescriptionStewart informs Sabine of only one ‘barograph by Kreil adopted at Kew’. Discusses the thermograph ‘devised’ by Mr [Francis] Ronalds, and Mr Robinson’s anemometer. Refers to the ‘instruments known as the Kew pattern’, and solar spots. Notes ‘observational enquiries’.
Extent7p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6042Stewart; Balfour (1828 - 1887)1828 - 1887
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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