Unpublished photograph, 'The Cranbourne meteorite' by Walter Flight
Reference number: AP/61/8
Date: 1882
Description
An autotype showing a fragment of a meteorite in the ground at Cranbourne [Australia].
Note reads 'from W [William] Spottiswoode'.
Subject: Astronomy / Geology / Mineralogy
A paper relating to this image was published in volume 173 of Philosophical Transactions as 'Report of an examination of the meteorites of Cranbourne, in Australia; of Rowton, in Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire'.
- Reference number
- AP/61/8
- Earliest possible date
- 1882
- Physical description
- Photograph
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Photograph
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Walter Flight, Unpublished photograph, 'The Cranbourne meteorite' by Walter Flight, 1882, AP/61/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_61_8/unpublished-photograph-the-cranbourne-meteorite-by-walter-flight, accessed on 06 December 2024
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Related Publications
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XIX. Report of an examination of the meteorites of Cranbourne, in Australia; of Rowton, in Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1882
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1882.0020
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II. Report of an examination of the meteorites of cranbourne, Australia; of Rowton, Shropshire; and of Middlesbrough, in Yorkshire External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1882
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1881.0113
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Archived papers: volume 61, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1880-1882
1880-1882 Reference number: AP/61
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Walter Flight
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William Spottiswoode
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