| RefNo | AP/28/28 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished extracts of letters, regarding a curious phenomenon seen at sea off Kyook Phyoo [Kyaukpyu, Myanmar] from various correspondents |
| Date | 1845-1846 |
| Description | Extracts of three letters from Captain Williams, First Assistant to the Commissioner of Arracan, Ensign Haukeu and Mr. Howe, Marine Assistant Commissioner, giving details of a large flame observed far out at sea. It was believed to have been either a large ship on fire or a volcanic eruption, but no positive data exist for determining the question.
Received 7 May 1846. Communicated by Philip Henry Mahon.
An abstract of the paper was published in volume 5 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'Extracts of letters from Captain Williams, first Assistant to the Commissioner of Arracan, and from Ensign Haukeu and Mr. Howe, Marine Assistant Commissioner, giving details of a curious phenomenon seen at sea off Ryook Phyoo [sic]. Communicated by Viscount Mahon, F. R. S., Pres. S. A'. |
| Extent | 9p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0095 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3874 | Mahon; Philip Henry (1781 - 1855); 4th Earl Stanhope | 1781 - 1855 |