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'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [104] (133/524)
The record is made up of 1 volume (451 pages). It was created in 1863-1864. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
The Secretary then submitted to the Society the first Paper annoiia c
ed for the evening. It was by Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pellv, con
taining an account of his recent journey from Bushire to Shirauz.
The second Paper read was a Report on the Bay and Fort of Shewoo
on the shore of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
by PI. W. Warner, Esq.
After some remarks of a general nature on the first two Papers which
were contributed by Government, the Secretary read the following
letter from J. A. Broun, Esq., F.R.S., Superintendent of the Tre-
vandrum Observatory, which formed an introduction to his two impor
tant Papers.
To the Secretary of the Bombay Geographical Society.
There are a few points connected with conclusions deduced in the
volumes of Magnetical and Meteorological Observations made in the
Bombay Observatory, of some importance to science, to whioh it seems
to me desirable to allude. As the Bombay Geographical Society seems
interested in these works, and as the conclusions referred to are opposed
to results long ago obtained by myself, I shall feel obliged if you will
communicate the accompanying notes to the proceedings of your
Society.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
, Your most obedient Servant,
John Allan Broun,
Observatory, Trevandrum, 1st January 1864.
The Secretary then read Mr. Broun’s first Paper “ On a supposed
effect of the humidity derived from the cistern of the Wet Bulb Ther
mometer upon the readings of an adjacent dry bulb.”
Dr. Haines remarked that the statements now read, if thoroughly
substantiated, indicated so great an error, not only in the results deduc
ed from the observations, but in the observations themselves, as mate
rially to shake confidence in the correctness of other observations
which may not have been called in question. The obvious course open
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The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.
Publication details: Bombay: Printed at the Education Society's Press, Byculla, 1865.
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- 1 volume (451 pages)
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This volume contains a table of contents giving headings and page references, and two indexes. There is an index to Volumes I-XVII (1836-1864) in a separate volume (ST 393, index).
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- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1, 1a:1b, 2:16, 1:132, 1:18, 18a:18b, 19:206, 206a:206b, 207:256, 256a:256b, 257:340, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- Bombay Geographical Society
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- ST 393, vol 17
- Title
- 'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1, 1a:1b, 2:16, 1:132, 1:18, 18a:18b, 19:206, 206a:206b, 207:256, 256a:256b, 257:340, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- Bombay Geographical Society
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