From:
William Henry Sykes
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 November 1851?]
Source of text:
RS MM.16.164
Summary:
Reports on and discusses applications of hourly wet bulb observations in ocean.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Reports on and discusses applications of hourly wet bulb observations in ocean.
Noting discrepancy between dew points obtained by wet bulb and direct methods, WS cannot say which is nearer the truth; suspects that both have inaccuracies.