Ref NoLDGSL/6
Title'Extract of a letter...on the subterranean sounds heard at Nakoos, Egypt'
Date1831
LevelSeries
Extent3 items
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
Description'Extract of a letter from the Rev George Grey on the subterranean sounds heard at Nakoos, Egypt', 12 March 1831. Manuscript text by John Frederick William Herschel. Includes watercolour illustration showing Nakoos near Tor.
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LanguageEnglish
Publication NoteRead before the Society, 27 April 1831, cited in: Herschel, JFW. "On the cause of the subterranean sounds heard at Nakoos, near Tor in Arabia", 'Proceedings of the Geological Society', vol 1, (1831), p388.
ArchNoteDescription by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameHERSCHEL | Sir | John Frederick William | first baronet | 1792-1871 | mathematician and astronomer
Previous referenceLDGSL 6
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/113HERSCHEL; Sir; John Frederick William (1792-1871); first baronet; mathematician and astronomer1792-1871
Places
CodePlaceName
NA60Egypt
NA378Middle East
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