From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert FitzRoy
Date:
[17 April 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 23.369
Summary:
Thanks for a report by RF; comments on barometric readings.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Thanks for a report by RF; comments on barometric readings.
Regarding water in the atmosphere. Effect of the moon on clouds. Some of the curiosities seen by his son while at the Embassy in Japan, including a device for giving warnings of earthquakes. Intends to show combinations of wind currents.
Comments on the pressure of the atmosphere; is convinced of the effect of the full moon on weather.
Further comments regarding the pressure of the atmosphere. His sketch was to demonstrate the currents of air. JH's comments on the moon were interesting.