From:
William Sharpey
To:
James Clark Ross
Date:
7 November 1854
Source of text:
MM/19/95, Royal Society
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Royal Society
No summary available.
Describes method of suspending furniture in a ship such that the furniture is less influenced by the ship's motion.
Because of R.S.L. council meeting on Thursday, suggests Friday meeting with JL and several others.
Speculates on name for JR's 'hot and cold basins' and on causes of equatorial heat and polar cold.
On instruments for fixed stations. Fears that naval expedition will be detained.
Concerns about equipment for fixed observatories, for which aid will come from B.A.A.S., and for [naval] expedition. Expresses vital importance of meteorological observatory on Van Diemen's Land.