RefNo | PT/61/5 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'Reduction and discussion of the deviations of the compass observed on board of all the iron built ships, and a selection of the wood built steam ships in H M [Her Majesty's] Navy; and the iron steam ship Great Eastern: being a report to the hydrographer of the Admiralty' by Frederick J [John Owen] Evans |
Date | 19 April 1860 |
Description | Subject: Scientific Instruments
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Reduction and discussion of the deviations of the compass observed on board of all the iron-built ships, and a selection of the wood-built steam-ships in Her Majesty's Navy, and the iron steam-ship ʻGreat Easternʼ; being a report to the hydrographer of the Admiralty. By Frederick J. Evans, Esq., Master R. N., Superintendent of the Compass Department of Her Majesty's Navy. Communicated by Captain Washington, R. N., F. R. S., by command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty'.
Communicated by Captain [John] Washington. Received by the Royal Society on 5 May 1860. Read 21 June 1860.
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 10, 1860. |
Extent | 53p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1859.0108 |
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1860.0021 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA2166 | Evans; Sir; Frederick John Owen (1815 - 1885) | 1815 - 1885 |
NA7636 | Washington; John (? 1800 - 1863) | ? 1800 - 1863 |