Account of a meteorological phenomenon observed in Haining [China], by [John Gibson Lockhart]

Reference number: HS/19/243

Date: 19th century

Description

Copy of an account by a Mr Inglis based in Shanghai [China] of a meteorological phenomenon by unknown correspondent to Sir John Herschel. Testimony likely related to HS/11/487, hand and signature unclear but likely John Gibson Lockhart.

Reference number: HS/19/243
Earliest possible date: 19th century
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 4 pp.
Format: Manuscript

Creator name

John Gibson Lockhart

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John Gibson Lockhart, Account of a meteorological phenomenon observed in Haining [China], by [John Gibson Lockhart], 19th century, HS/19/243, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_19_243/account-of-a-meteorological-phenomenon-observed-in-haining-china-by-john-gibson-lockhart, accessed on 03 December 2024

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Letter, from William Lockhart to Sir John Herschel, dated at Blackheath
Creator: William Lockhart Reference number: HS/11/487

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; 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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