| RefNo | MS/710/37 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Robert Were Fox, Falmouth, to Davies Gilbert MP, Bridge Street, Westminster |
| Date | 1 March 1831 |
| Description | Sends Gilbert a paper on magnetic observations which he wishes to present to the Royal Society under Gilbert's auspices ['On the variable intensity of terrestrial magnetism and the influence of the Aurora Borealis upon it', read 17 March 1831, Phil Trans v121]. Comments upon other papers he has read and reference to a letter he has sent to the Philosophical Magazine defending his position on the question of temperature of the Earth. |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6084 | Fox; Robert Were (1789 - 1877); geologist and physicist | 1789 - 1877 |