Copy letter from H T [Hartley Trevors] Ferrar, Survey Department, Giza, Egypt, to the Director of the Meteorological Institute [William Napier Shaw]
Reference number: MS/591/2/7
Date: 03 January 1909
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Ferrar points out a 'serious misprint' on page 345 of the 'Discovery' expedition meteorology report. Some incorrect bearings seem to have been printed between 4 and 11 November, when Scott's party was stuck in a storm; 'it may be that Lieutenant Skelton's first journey of 1902, has been superimposed on his second journey of 1903'.
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- MS/591/2/7
- Earliest possible date
- 03 January 1909
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- 1 page
- Format
- Typescript copy
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Hartley Travers Ferrar, Copy letter from H T [Hartley Trevors] Ferrar, Survey Department, Giza, Egypt, to the Director of the Meteorological Institute [William Napier Shaw], 03 January 1909, MS/591/2/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_591_2_7/copy-letter-from-h-t-hartley-trevors-ferrar-survey-department-giza-egypt-to-the-director-of-the-meteorological-institute-william-napier-shaw, accessed on 11 August 2026
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Manuscripts General
Reference number: MS -
Papers connected to the British National Antarctic Expedition 'Discovery' retained by the Royal Society
1902-1913 Reference number: MS/591 -
Correspondence on meteorological observations in Antarctica by Hartley Travers Ferrar
1 December 1908- 16 January 1909 Reference number: MS/591/2
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William Napier Shaw
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