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Ross states that hourly observations of the barometer were taken on board H M S Erebus and H M S Terror for the purpose of determining the amount of atmospheric tides 'within the Tropics, on the open sea, away from those local influences which produce land- and sea-breezes'. Includes four tables of data.

Subject: Meteorology

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AP/25/12
Earliest possible date
1841
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Ink on paper
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12 pages
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Manuscript

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James Clark Ross

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James Clark Ross, Unpublished paper, 'Atmospheric tides' by James Clark Ross, 1841, AP/25/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_25_12/unpublished-paper-atmospheric-tides-by-james-clark-ross, accessed on 09 December 2025

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