| RefNo | MC/6/113 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from J [Joseph] Hamel, member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St Petersburg, to Professor G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society |
| Date | 15 November 1860 |
| Description | Forwarding a copy of his 'Historical account of the introduction of the galvanic and electro-magnetic telegraph', printed in German in St Peterburg [see related material]. Hamel references Baron [Pavel] Schilling's telegraph design and previous efforts to install a cable between Cronstadt [Kronštádt] and Peterhof [Petergof] through the Gulf of Finland prior to Schilling's death. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | RCN: 42865 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8283 | Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist | 1819 - 1903 |