Unpublished paper, 'Instructions pour faire des observations météorologique et magnétiques' [Instructions for making meteorological and magnetic observations] by A Th [Adolph Theodor] Kupffer
Reference number: AP/16/21
Date: 1836

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Kupffer shares guidance on making meteorological and magnetic observations, and shares his measurements and calculations. Includes a covering letter from John Washington, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, to J G [John George] Children, dated 28 July 1836; a copy of the reply from Children to Washington of 28 October 1836; and a letter from Kupffer to Colonel Jackson, Corresponding Member at St Petersburg to the Royal Geographical Society.
Subject: Meteorology / Magnetism
Written by Kupffer in St Petersburg [Russia].
- Reference number
- AP/16/21
- Earliest possible date
- 1836
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 117 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Adolph Theodor Kupffer, Unpublished paper, 'Instructions pour faire des observations météorologique et magnétiques' [Instructions for making meteorological and magnetic observations] by A Th [Adolph Theodor] Kupffer, 1836, AP/16/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_16_21/unpublished-paper-instructions-pour-faire-des-observations-météorologique-et-magnétiques-instructions-for-making-meteorological-and-magnetic-observations-by-a-th-adolph-theodor-kupffer, accessed on 13 February 2025
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Archived papers: volume 16, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1831-1836
1831-1836 Reference number: AP/16
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Adolph Theodor Kupffer
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John George Children
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