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Copy letter from W N [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to H T [Hartley Travers] Ferrar, Survey Department, Giza, Egypt

Reference number: MS/591/2/4

Date: 10 December 1908

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Shaw acknowledges that he has received Ferrar's letter from 1 December 1908 [see MS/591/2/3]. He believes that all the data received by the Meteorological Office has been published, so will investigate what happened to the observations from the Ferrar Glacier. No further published volumes relating to the expedition are planned, and Shaw sugggests Ferrar could write a separate paper on the subject. His comments about the snow gauge readings and the nails will be sent to [William Henry] Dines. A summary of payments owed to Shaw by the Royal Society's Antarctic Committee is included.

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MS/591/2/4
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10 December 1908
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William Napier Shaw, Copy letter from W N [William Napier] Shaw, Meteorological Office, 63 Victoria Street, London, to H T [Hartley Travers] Ferrar, Survey Department, Giza, Egypt, 10 December 1908, MS/591/2/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_591_2_4/copy-letter-from-w-n-william-napier-shaw-meteorological-office-63-victoria-street-london-to-h-t-hartley-travers-ferrar-survey-department-giza-egypt, accessed on 10 September 2026

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