[Henry Hennessy, Irish physicist ] Autograph Letter Signed "Henry Hennessy" to "E.W. Brayley" [historian and topographer] concernng the receipt of a paper "on tidal estuaries"

Published by Prospect Row Cork 12 March Hennessy being 18 years old!, 1845

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Two pages, bifolium, 12mo, good condition. Txt: On the 19thof last month I took the liberty of sending to you a paper on tidal estauaries and my object in writing to you at present is to request that you will informme whether that paper has met you approval. Under any circumstances I trust you will oblige me a far as to mention what you think is best to do with it. Your opinion on this subject and on what corrections should be necessary for the paper would be deemed a favour by [.]". Brayley has added a note as follows: "Answered March 15, acknowledging the receipt of the packet of Feb.19th promising to examine the paper in a short time."Note: "In Hennessy's first paper from 1845, in the Philosophical Magazine, he proposed to use photography for the registration of barometric and thermometric readings. In Researches in Terrestrial Physics (Philosophical Transactions, 1851) he argued from the figure and structure of the Earth and planets, that they were of fluid origin, and that a fluid nucleus at a high temperature was enclosed within their crust. He also wrote on meteorology and on climatology, deducing laws which regulate the distribution of temperature in islands. 'On the Influence of the Gulf Stream led to a request to report on the temperature of the seas surrounding the British Isles for the Committee on Irish Fisheries in 1870." [Wikipedia}.…

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Title
[Henry Hennessy, Irish physicist ] Autograph Letter Signed "Henry Hennessy" to "E.W. Brayley" [historian and topographer] concernng the receipt of a paper "on tidal estuaries"
Author
Henry Hennessy, Irish physicist [Henry Joseph Hennessy (1826–1901) Irish physicist and Fellow of the Royal Society].
Publisher
Prospect Row Cork 12 March Hennessy being 18 years old!
Publication year
1845
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Soft cover

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