RefNo | DM/3/121 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from WE Parry, Admiralty, to Sir Humphry Davy, President, Royal Society |
Date | 6 April 1826 |
Description | Asking for permission to print in the appendix to his Journal of the last Voyage to the South Seas, a brief abstract of observations and experiments made by Lieutenant Foster and himself, a detailed account of which has recently been sent to the Royal Society.
The experiements and observations Parry alludes are those on the pendulum; and on the dip, diurnal variation and intensity, of the magnetic needle. |
Extent | 2 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
AccessConditions | OPEN - but photocopying forbidden. |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8200 | Davy; Sir; Humphry (1778 - 1829); chemist | 1778 - 1829 |
NA7481 | Parry; Sir; William Edward (1790 - 1855) | 1790 - 1855 |