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Paper, 'Report on the circumpolar expedition to Fort Rae [Canada]' by H P Dawson

Reference number: PP/4/13

Date: 1883

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Dawson writes: 'On the 14th April, 1882, I was informed that I was appointed to the command of the Circumpolar Expedition. I at once proceeded to London, and was occupied until the day of sailing in practice with the magnetic instruments at the Kew Observatory, and the purchase of stores, &c., for the expedition. On the 1st May, Sergeant F W Cooksley, Royal Horse Artillery, and Gunner C S Wedenby, Royal Artillery, and on the 6th May Sergeant Instructor of Gunnery J English, R H A, reported themselves to me, and commenced attendance at Kew for instruction.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Magnetism

Received 12 December 1883. Read 20 December 1883. Communicated by George Gabriel Stokes.

A version of this paper was published in volume 36 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Report on the circumpolar expedition to Fort Rae'.

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PP/4/13
Earliest possible date
1883
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
7 pages
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Manuscript

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H P Dawson

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H P Dawson, Paper, 'Report on the circumpolar expedition to Fort Rae [Canada]' by H P Dawson, 1883, PP/4/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_4_13/paper-report-on-the-circumpolar-expedition-to-fort-rae-canada-by-h-p-dawson, accessed on 19 September 2024

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