| RefNo | AP/13/27/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished manuscript, 'Account of the accident to the packet-ship New York from lightning' by Stewart Traill |
| Date | July 1827 |
| Description | Traill recounts an instance of an American packet ship called New York being struck by lightning on 19 April 1827 when sailing from New York [United States] to Liverpool [Merseyside, England], causing significant damage to the ship. Traill interviewed the captain and officers from the ship and examined the ship itself to ascertain the degree of damage sustained by electric explosions, particularly on the ship's iron work, compasses, chronometer, and watches.
An ink inscription top right of first page reads 'Mem. to Printer - Disregard the dashes under emphatic expressions'. Peter Mark Roget has written his intials next to the date received. Corrections appear throughout in ink and graphite.
Subject: Meteorology / Physics
Written by Traill in Liverpool. Communicated by Henry Brougham. Received by the Royal Society 9 February 1828. Read 21 and 28 February 1828. |
| Extent | 58p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | AP/13/27 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8151 | Brougham; Henry Peter (1778 - 1868); Baron Brougham and Vaux; statesman | 1778 - 1868 |