From:
Robert FitzRoy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 November 1860]
Source of text:
Harvard: Houghton AAH 67m-67 (73)
Summary:
Describes a starfish brought alive to England from Iceland by an amateur naturalist.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Describes a starfish brought alive to England from Iceland by an amateur naturalist.
Thanks JH for critiques of his paper; discusses Matthew Maury's work Physical Geography of the Sea.
Discusses atmospheric wave theory in reference to an experiment in JH's Meteorology. Describes weather patterns observed on the voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle.
Discusses James Stark's weather observations.
More rainfall data.
Thanks JH for his advice. Comments on various aspects of Iceland and Greenland.