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Unpublished paper, 'A few remarks on the Helm Wind' by William Walton

Reference number: AP/21/10

Date: 28 November 1836

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Walton shares observations on the Helm Wind of Cumbria [England]. Includes one illustration of the Helm Bar cloud in the text. Annotated in pencil throughout. Marked on back by John George Children as 'archives'.

Subject: Meteorology

Received 2 December 1836. Communicated by P M [Peter Mark] Roget.

Written by Walton in Allenheads [England].

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 3 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'A few remarks on the helm wind'.

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AP/21/10
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28 November 1836
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
10 pages
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Manuscript

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William Walton

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William Walton, Unpublished paper, 'A few remarks on the Helm Wind' by William Walton, 28 November 1836, AP/21/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_21_10/unpublished-paper-a-few-remarks-on-the-helm-wind-by-william-walton, accessed on 20 January 2025

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