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Unpublished observations, 'Hygrometrical observation made on board His Majesty's Surveying Vessel Etna' by unknown author

Reference number: AP/19/1

Date: 1835

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The author shares hygrometrical measurements dating from 27 March 1834 to 6 July 1834. Table headings include date, time, bar, temperature of air, dew point, degree of dryness on the thermometrical scale, degree of moisture on the thermometrical scale, elasticity of the vapour, grains of vapour in a cubic foot, latitude, longitude and remarks. Marked on back as 'archives'.

Subject: Meteorology / Hydrography

Received 20 April 1835. Read 7 May 1835. Communicated by Captain [Francis] Beaufort.

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AP/19/1
Earliest possible date
1835
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Ink on paper
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14 pages
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Manuscript

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Unpublished observations, 'Hygrometrical observation made on board His Majesty's Surveying Vessel Etna' by unknown author, 1835, AP/19/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_19_1/unpublished-observations-hygrometrical-observation-made-on-board-his-majestys-surveying-vessel-etna-by-unknown-author, accessed on 13 January 2026

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