Sketch of instrument, by Sir John Frederick William Herschel
Reference number: HS/19/189
Date: 29 June 1848
Description
Sketch of a piezometer in Herschel's hand. Instrument sketched at the request of Captain Frederick William Beechey as a modification of existing apparatus to measure pressure in depth, in relation to his 1848 tidal survey of the Irish coasts, North Sea and English Channel.
Likely the instrument discussed and sketch sent as an enclosure in HS/4/12 and HS/4/20.
- Reference number
- HS/19/189
- Earliest possible date
- 29 June 1848
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 1 p.
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John Frederick William Herschel, Sketch of instrument, by Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 29 June 1848, HS/19/189, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_19_189/sketch-of-instrument-by-sir-john-frederick-william-herschel, accessed on 06 June 2026
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Related Publications
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VI. Report of observations made upon the tides in the Irish Sea, and upon the great similarity of tidal phenomena of the Irish and English Channels, and the importance of extending the experiments round the Land's End and up the English Channel. Embodied in a letter to the hydrographer External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1848
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1848.0006
Related Records
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Letter, from Frederick W. Beechey to Sir John Herschel, dated at Shirehampton
Creator: Frederick William Beechey Reference number: HS/4/20 -
Letter, from Frederick W. Beechey to Sir John Herschel, dated at Westbourne Crescent
Creator: Frederick William Beechey Reference number: HS/4/12
Hierarchy
This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 19 Miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/19
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Frederick William Beechey
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