| RefNo | AP/40/17 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the practical use of the aneroid barometer as an orometer' by W S [William Scarth] Moorsom |
| Creator | Moorsom; William Scarth (1804-1863); English engineer |
| Date | January 1858 |
| Description | A government commission to Ceylon [Sri Lanka] in the beginning of 1857 led Moorsom, as chief engineer on the expedition, to provide (among other instruments) some aneroids, as a means of saving time in ascertaining the levels of mountain passes. Using these instruments, it was shown that an elevation of 950 feet may be taken to correspond with the fall through the first inch of the aneroid; that about 970 feet more corresponds with the fall through the second inch, and about 1000 feet corresponds with the fall through the third inch.
Includes one diagram showing details of the aneroid barometer.
Subject: Engineering / Navigation
Received 28 January 1858. Read 25 February 1858. Communicated by P W [Peter William] Barlow.
Written by Moorsom at 17 Great George Street, Westminster [London].
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 9 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the practical use of the aneroid barometer as an orometer'. |
| Extent | 19p |
| Format | Diagram |
| Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1857.0031 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7638 | Barlow; Peter William (1809 - 1885) | 1809 - 1885 |