William Scoresby
1789 - 1857

- Born
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05 October 1789
Cropton, near Whitby, Yorkshire, England
- Died
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21 March 1857
Torquay, Devon
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 17/06/1824
- Occupation
- Clergyman
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
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Unpublished paper and letter, 'Contributions towards the anatomy of whales' by Willm [William] Scoresby
Creator: William Scoresby Reference number: AP/9/22 -
Unpublished paper, 'Paper on the determination of the thickness of solid substances, not otherwise measurable, by magnetic deviation' by W [William] Scoresby
Creator: William Scoresby Reference number: AP/15/11 -
Paper, 'On the magnetism of iron ships, and its accordance with theory, as determined in recent experiments' by William Scoresby
Creator: William Scoresby Reference number: AP/37/19 -
Paper, 'On the anomaly in the variation of the magnetic needle as observed on ship-board' by Wm [William] Scoresby
Creator: William Scoresby Reference number: PT/13/7 -
Letter, regarding anomalies of magnetical observations by Willm [William] Scoresby in a letter to Sir Joseph Banks
Creator: William Scoresby Reference number: PT/13/8