| RefNo | AP/18/9 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the nature and origin of the Aurora Borealis' by the Reverend Geo [George] Fisher |
| Date | May 1834 |
| Description | Fisher shares his personal observations on the Aurora Borealis [Northern Lights]. He suggests that 'the Aurora is chiefly developed at the edge or margin of the Frozen Sea [Arctic Ocean]' and that evaporation and the dissolution of ice into the atmosphere is a possible cause of the Aurora Borealis.
Subject: Astronomy / Magnetism
Received 28 May 1834 by John George Children. Note on back by Children reads 'archives - July 17th 1834'.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 3 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On the nature and origin of the Aurora Borealis'. |
| Extent | 12p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0172 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5530 | Fisher; George (1794 - 1873) | 1794 - 1873 |
| NA3175 | Children; John George (1777 - 1852); chemist | 1777 - 1852 |