Unpublished paper, 'Atmospheric tides' by James Clark Ross
Reference number: AP/25/12
Date: 1841
Description
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
- Physical description
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- Page extent
- 12 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Clark Ross, Unpublished paper, 'Atmospheric tides' by James Clark Ross, 1841, AP/25/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_25_12/unpublished-paper-atmospheric-tides-by-james-clark-ross, accessed on 09 December 2025
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Archived papers: volume 25, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1841-1843
1841-1843 Reference number: AP/25
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