| RefNo | PT/11/21 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Observations on the temperature of the ocean and atmosphere, and on the density of sea water, made during a voyage to Ceylon [Sri Lanka]' by John Davy in a letter to Sir H [Humphry] Davy |
| Date | 3 November 1816 |
| Description | Subject: Oceanography
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations on the temperature of the ocean and atmosphere, and on the density of sea-water, made during a voyage to Ceylon. In a letter to Sir Humphry Davy, LL.D. F. R. S. By John Davy, M.D. F. R. S'.
Written by John Davy in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Read 22 May 1817.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833. |
| Extent | 24p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0064 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1817.0022 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3369 | Davy; John (1790 - 1868); surgeon | 1790 - 1868 |
| NA8200 | Davy; Sir; Humphry (1778 - 1829); chemist | 1778 - 1829 |