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RefNoPP/4/19
Previous numbersPP/36/19
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Extract relating to the earthquake in Java from the log book of the steamship "Governor General Loudon"' by H G Kennedy
CreatorKennedy; H G (fl 1883)
Date13 September 1883
DescriptionKennedy shares entries from a ship's log book beginning 26 August 1883.

Subject: Seismology / Hydrography

Received 4 December 1883. Read 10 January 1884. Communicated by Robert Henry Scott.

A version of this paper was published in volume 36 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Report from H. B. M. consul at Batavia [colonial name of the capital of the Dutch East Indies, now Jakarta, Indonesia], inclosing extract relating to the volcanic outbursts in the Sunda Strait, from the logbook of the steam-ship “Governor-General Loudon." Communicated by R. H. Scott, F. R. S'.
Extent25p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1883.0099
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CodePersonNameDates
NA1159Scott; Robert Henry (1833 - 1916)1833 - 1916
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